The Intelsat 803 satellite was launched on September 22nd, 1997. This film gives a summary of the key stages of the Ariane 4 Vol 100 campaign, from arrival of the satellite and rocket components to the launch itself.

Begin
00:07:00:00 titles, launch footage
00:01:07:00 arrival Ariane 18/07/97
00:01:33:00 arrival Intelsat 31/07/97
00:02:18:00 container opened/ integration to satellite assembly building
00:03:20:00 reflector deployment 10/08/97
00:03:51:00 thermal setting 14/08/97
00:04:15:00 erection of first stage 21/08/97
00:05:00:00 erection of second stage 25/08/97
00:05:42:00 booster integration 27/08/97
00:06:23:00 installation of Intelsat 803 onto base
00:07:04:00 erection of third stage 29/08/97
00:07:46:00 installation of equipment bay
00:08:25:00 installation of Intelsat into transportation casing 04/09/97
00:09:08:00 transfer of Intelsat to fuelling building 08/09/97
00:09:40:00 rollout of launcher 10/09/97
00:11:21:00 fuelling of Intelsat 803
00:11:42:00 installation of Intelsat onto base 13/09/97
00:13:20:00 closing of payload bay 16/09/97
00:13:51:00 application of etiquettes, transfer to payload bay 17/09/97
00:14:46:00 payload bay placed on lanceur 18/09/97
00:15:23:00 final asssembly b