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Aerial view of the old Ariane Launch Complex no.1 (ELA-1)

by

ESA/CNES/Novapix

Reference

e-leu10-00002

Date

2006-10-20

Aerial view of the old Ariane Launch Complex no.1 (ELA-1) at the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's space port, as it appeared shortly after its refurbishment in the late 1970s. The circular structure in the foreground is the bunker housing the launch control center.