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The finishing touches are added to an Ariane-5 fairing in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The fairing is for flight VA216 which will carry two telecommunications satellites into orbit. After a 24-hour postponement due to high winds at the launch site, VA216 is now scheduled for launch at 22:04 GMT on 22 March 2014.