The Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher lifts off from the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana, on March 9, 2008. On board is Jules Verne ATV, ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle.
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja 2008
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