Ariane 5 rises above ESA's Kourou tracking station 14 May 2009
Ariane 5 V188 with Herschel and Planck on board rises above ESA's 15m ESTRACK tracking station at Kourou, French Guiana, just after liftoff at 15:12 CEST, 14 May 2009. Credit: ESA/ A. Chance