Arianespace Flight VS25 - CSO-2 (EN)

For its 10th and final launch of the year — and the fifth in 2020 with the Soyuz medium launcher — Arianespace will send the CSO-2 Earth observation satellite, intended for defense and security applications, into Sun-synchronous orbit.

CSO-2 will be launched for the French CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) space agency and the DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) defense procurement agency on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense.

With this new launch at the service of France’s defense requirements, as well as for the capacity needs of several partner countries, Arianespace guarantees French and European autonomous access to space – a strategic priority.

Flight VS25 will be performed from the Soyuz Launch Complex (ELS) in Sinnamary, French Guiana.

As weather conditions observed above the Guiana space center were not favorable to a launch today (risk of non-acceptable high altitude winds profile at Lift-off time), Arianespace decided to interrupt the final VS25 launch chronology.

The soonest possible launch date for the VS25 Flight is Tuesday, December 29 at:

- 11:42:07 a.m., in Washington, D.C.
- 01:42:07 p.m., in Kourou, French Guiana,
- 16:42:07, Universal Time (UTC),
- 05:42:07 p.m., in Paris,
- 07:42:07 p.m., in Moscow,
- 01:42:07 a.m., in Tokyo on December 30

The Soyuz launch vehicle and the satellite CSO-2 are in stable and safe conditions.

For further information, download the Flight VS25 Launch Kit by clicking here: http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/

Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

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