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the Ariane 5 rocket 02/2005

author: ESA/S.Corvaja/Novapix

reference: e-leu12-01105

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 19 cm

Ariane 5 on its mobile launch table at the Guiana Space Centre. On this flight V164 the payload was two satellites lofted to orbit : the XTAR-EUR and the Sloshsat-FLEVO. An instrumented satellite mock-up (MaqSat B2) was also on board but not released to reduce orbital debris. Feb 10 2005.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - ARIANE - ARIANE 5 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ELA-3 - FRENCH GUIANA - GUIANA SPACE CENTER - KOUROU - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - ROCKET - SLOSHSAT-FLEVO - SPACE CENTER - XTAR-EUR -