Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA
Payload: Amazonas 3 & Azerspace/Africasat 1a
Date: Feb. 7, 2013
Time: 2136 GMT (4:36 p.m. EST)
Window: 44 minutes
Site: ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, Kourou French Guiana

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By Stephen Clark

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