Ariane 5 ECA ready for flight 198

The heavy-lift Ariane 5 completes its rollout at Europe's Spaceport, ready for launch on 26 November 2010, with Hylas and Intelsat 17 satellite.
ESA has contributed the advanced communications payload to this first 'Highly Adaptable Satellite', designed to deliver broadband from orbit to European customers.

Hylas-1 is ESA's first public-private partnership to yield an operational mission, working with commercial operator Avanti Communications of the UK.