Ariane 5 with ATV Jules Verne launch video
Launch sequence for Ariane 5 carrying ESA's ATV Jule Verne. Lift-off occurred on 9 March 2008 at 05:03 CET (01:03 local) from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
This flight required a new version of Europe’s workhorse launcher, the Ariane 5ES, specially adapted to the task of lofting the nearly 20-tonne vehicle – more than twice as heavy as the previous largest Ariane 5 payload – to a low circular orbit inclined at 51.6 degrees relative to the Equator and equipped with an upper stage with re-ignition capabilities.