Ariane Flight 158 windows
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Posted: February 24, 2004

Date Opportunity 1 Opportunity 2
Feb. 26 0716:49 GMT 0736:49 GMT
Feb. 27 0716:50 GMT 0736:50 GMT
Feb. 28 0716:55 GMT 0736:55 GMT
Feb. 29 0717:02 GMT 0737:02 GMT
March 1 0717:19 GMT 0737:19 GMT
March 2 0717:44 GMT 0737:44 GMT
March 3 0718:10 GMT 0738:10 GMT
March 4 0718:48 GMT 0738:48 GMT
March 5 0718:23 GMT 0738:23 GMT
March 6 0717:31 GMT 0737:31 GMT
March 7 0716:44 GMT 0736:44 GMT
March 8 0716:01 GMT 0736:01 GMT
March 9 0715:19 GMT 0735:19 GMT
March 10 0714:40 GMT 0734:40 GMT
March 11 0714:03 GMT 0734:03 GMT
March 12 0713:28 GMT 0733:28 GMT
March 13 0712:54 GMT 0732:54 GMT
March 14 0712:22 GMT 0732:22 GMT
March 15 0711:51 GMT 0731:51 GMT
March 16 0711:58 GMT 0731:58 GMT
March 17 0712:41 GMT 0732:41 GMT

Data source: Arianespace.

 Flight data file
Vehicle: Ariane 5 (V158)
Payload: Rosetta
Launch date: March 2, 2004
Launch time: 0717:44 GMT (2:17:44 a.m. EST)
Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana, South America
Pre-launch briefing
Mission overview - A sheet of facts covering the Rosetta mission.

Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch.

Launch windows - Listing of the times to launch in coming days.

Spacecraft - A look at the sophisticated Rosetta space probe.

Comets - Once a myth, now an object of study.

Ariane index - A directory of our previous Ariane launch coverage.
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