Helios IIB Launch Set For Dec. 17

PARIS — Arianespace has set Dec. 17 as the new launch date for France’s Helios IIB imaging intelligence satellite. Liftoff of the satellite, intended to improve coverage and revisit time of day/night optical imagery, in particular for forces in Afghanistan and other overseas theaters, had initially...

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