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the Ariane 5 rocket 02/2005

by

ESA/S.Corvaja/Novapix

Reference

e-leu12-01104

Date

2007-01-31

Ariane 5 on its launch pad 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 12 2005.