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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 .
Inside an Ariane 4 payload fairing, 1978
Ariane 'propellant mock-up', erected on the launch site, 1979
Ariane 'propellant mock-up' erected on the launch site, 1979
Engineers working on Ariane 'propellant mock-up', 1979
ESA 's Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, 1979
Spectacular view of Ariane from top of launch platform, 1979
First launch of Europe's Ariane, 1979
First launch of Europe's Ariane in 1979
Europe's first Ariane, in flight, shortly after launch, 1979
Happy Birthday Ariane
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Herschel and Planck: Near-perfect injection by Ariane Recent ESA missions launched by Ariane
ERS-2 operations XMM-Newton operations Envisat operations Rosetta operations ATV Jules Verne Herschel operations Planck operations
