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Ariane 5 ECA, V164 is ready for liftoff 02/2005

by

ESA/CNES/ Arianespace/S.Corvaja/Novapix

Reference

e-leu12-01106

Date

2007-11-30

The second Ariane 5 ECA launcher is readied for liftoff from the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-3) of the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port, on February 12, 2005. On this flight (V164), two satellites were lofted to orbit: XTAR-EUR, a secured communication satellite, and ESA's Sloshsat-FLEVO experimental satellite to investigate propellant sloshing in orbiting spacecraft. An instrumented satellite mock-up, MaqSat B2, was also flown but not released to reduce orbital debris.