Ariane launch with Anik satellite

[Mike]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3886061.stm

[Rick]

There was this interesting little snippet in that article:

...contracts have been signed that will see a launch pad built at Kourou to enable Arianespace to offer Russian Soyuz rockets to customers.

[Mike]

Hmmmm......

Did you see the size of its solar array? That will certainly be an easy object to spot.

[Rick]

It's going to 118.7 West, so I don't think it'll be visible from here, but it should be quite bright (for a geostationary object, anyway) in American skies.