Helios 2B launch via Ariane 5 rocket (full video)

You can jump to the juicy part of the launch at around 12:00 in to the video.

This is the full video from the launch of the Helios 2B satellite via the Ariane 5 rocket. The rocket launched at 16:26 UTC. This is the complete video from start of the webcast (around T-12 minutes) to end of speeches.

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Science & Technology

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• Helios 2B
• Arianespace
• Ariane 5
• Rocket
• Satellite
• Launch
• Spacevidcast

[despotslav]

Aaaaaahh, this is in Frenchhhhhh!!!!!! Unbelievable.... Why do you guys think that the world space industry speaks French???

[spacevidcast]

@despotslav It's a French rocket.

[despotslav]

Well, technically it is French AND German rocket (almost 50:50) and I was hoping of some English subtitles or narration since the potential customers may be rather speaking Engl... Anyway I guess I'll spend more time on my French

[alpacks]

Yes but just for weapons ...

Helios 2b is not a weapon, i a spy satellite and counter of traject ballistics missiles and conventional missiles ... Neutral space treaty was just stocking weapons !

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Wasn't there a contract signed at some point to agree that space is neutral ground? I know that's true for the moon - you can't use it for weaponry purposes.

[trainspoter]

@alpacks

i've reed what you right my friend an i have to say tha that this satelite is been operating by france, greece italy and spain and gives the oportiunity to this countries to have acces in digital high resoluton photos in real time. also gives the advantage of been supperate from the american data from the american global system (GPS). Thats very importand and also the sub-strategic weapon like SCALP-EG ,

[alpacks]

hehe, there the principal problem for french people to understand anglophonic people : speak too fast ...

it's singular to mother language : they speak always too quickly for no mother language speaker ...

[alpacks]

it can be strange that mediatized launching, seen that its use is going to remain the domain of secret defence French is 80 %

his"heliosynchron" final orbit will remain secret (i'am not sure heliosynchron has a english word for in french : héliosynchrone)

oups : i found the real english word : héliosynchrone = sun-synchronous sorry ... i invented a new english word ^^

"héliosynchrone" beeing a scientific french word based on ancient Greek, as a lot of french scientifics words

[alpacks]

at 18 min you can have a english description of helios program ... the movie is not all in french