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The Ariane 5 ECA rocket - 05/2009

by

ESA/S.Corvaja/Novapix

Reference

e-leu12-01391

Date

2009-05-13

May 12 2009: opening of the final assembly building door before the transfert of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher to ZL-3 at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport. Ariane 5, enclosing two astronomical satellites, Herschel and Planck, will lift off on may 14 2009.