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    minigallery: Thirty years of Ariane - gallery

    Historic Ariane images from the 1970s, 80s and 90s from ESA archives. Some of ESA's most important missions of the past 30 years have been launched by Ariane, including Giotto, ISO, XMM-Newton, Artemis, Envisat, Rosetta and ATV Jules Verne.

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    Ariane 1 (L5) launch preparation, 1982
    Launch of an Ariane 3, 4 August 1984
    Giotto launch on Ariane 1, 1985
    Artist's impression of Ariane 5 launch carrying the Hermes spaceplane
    Ariane 5 in Hermes configuration, 1991
    Ariane 3 V13 launch at night, 1985
    Roll-out of the first Ariane 4 launcher, 1988
    Ariane 4 launch carrying a triple payload in 1988
    Ariane launch of Meteosat-7, 1997
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