The final Arianespace launch of 2006 is scheduled for Dec. 8, as an Ariane 5 is slated to place SES Americom‘s AMC-18 satellite and WildBlue Communications‘ WildBlue-1 satellite into orbit. The launch window opens at 7:08 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana, and runs through 7:51 p.m.