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Ariane 5 launch tonight

An Ariane 5 ECA, the heavy-lift variant of the launcher, is scheduled to take off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in the early hours of tomorrow morning. The launch opportunity begins at 01:44 CEST/Paris tomorrow morning (20:44 Kourou time, 23:44 UTC/GMT [14 August]) and lasts for 37 minutes.

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