An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket will rise Saturday, Dec. 20, from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America, to orbit two satellites, Arianespace announced.

That Ariane 5 will loft the Hot Bird and W2M satellites.

Hot Bird, which will serve the European Eutelsat telecommunications firm, was installed on the Ariane 5 SYLDA satellite dispenser, with the W2M going on the central core stage.

Finally, the payload fairing and Hot Bird will be installed, and the entire system will be ready to fly.

This will be the sixth flight of the Ariane 5 this year.