`SKYNET’ It’s almost here......
“`SKYNET’ It’s almost here......”
Almost? LOL! Take a look at this launch notice by Arianespace Launch. And where is Skynet located? The UK, of course!
ARIANESPACE FLIGHT VA211 - SKYNET 5D & MEXSAT BICENTENARIO
THE LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW (RAL) took place in Kourou on Monday December 17, 2012 and authorized count-down operations for the SKYNET 5D and MEXSAT BICENTENARIO launch.
Arianespace will orbit two satellites on its seventh Ariane 5 launch of the year: the Skynet 5D military communications satellite for Astrium Services, on behalf of the British Ministry of Defence, and the Mexsat Bicentenario telecommunications satellite for the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport.
The choice of Arianespace by leading space communications operators and manufacturers is clear international recognition of the company’s excellence in launch services.
It will be launched from the Ariane launch complex N° 3 (ELA3), in Kourou, French Guiana.
THE ARIANE 5 ECA LAUNCHER LIFT-OFF for this flight is scheduled on December 19 to 20, 2012 as soon as possible within the following launch window:
Kourou: Between 06:49pm and 08:08pm
GMT/TU: Between 09:49pm and 11:08pm
Paris: Between 10:49pm and 12:08am
Washington, DC: Between 04:49pm and 06:08pm
Watch it live at http://www.arianespace.tv/ .
Nah, there’s no threat of Skynet. I work in IT, and trust me, if there weren’t humans constantly trying to fix these machines and keep them running, they’d all fall apart within a few years.
It is here.