See below for links to coverage of the upcoming launch of the Ariane 5 and subsequent ATV docking with the ISS.
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The next Ariane 5 launch is scheduled for Tuesday 15 February. Ariane’s 200th flight will carry ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, into low Earth orbit, the heaviest load ever lofted into space by the Ariane 5 launcher.
See
here for the ESA press release. See
here for details of the coverage from ESA.
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HOUSTON -- NASA Television plans live coverage of the launch and automated docking of the second unpiloted European cargo ship that will deliver approximately seven tons of fuel, food and supplies to the International Space Station.
See
here for details of NASA TV coverage.
Unfortunately, and unless I'm mistaken, the launcher and ISS will be passing overhead at times when the Sun is too far below the horizon to illuminate the craft and provide visible passes.
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