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Aerial view of the old Ariane Launch Complex no.1

by

ESA/S.Corvaja/Novapix

Reference

e-leu10-00003

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. The ELA-1 is now refurbished for ESA's Vega vehicles. Next to the ELA-1 is the ELA-2 Launch Zone (ZL-2) with its 86-m-high mobile service gantry. In the background is the ELA-3 Final Assembly Building (BAF), where Ariane 5 launchers are mated with their payloads.