Following the successful Ariane 5 launch of Envisat this programme provides an update on Europe's heavy launch system and an outlook on the improvements over the next four years to double its payload capability and versatility.
The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only, including sound bites with ESA scientists.

Ariane 5 Update (No Prod 2071)
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SCRIPT
Ariane 5 is Europe's launcher to meet the challenges of the new century. It can launch the largest of today's satellites and will even orbit vehicles weighing 20 tons onto servicing missions to the International Space Station. At the same time, the launch cost with Ariane 5 are cheaper than with its predecessors whilst maintaining a high reliability.
Today, satellites offer manyfold services that range from broadcasting thousands of television programmes to more secure air traffic control, and from taking accurate weather pictures to global mobile communications. All these services are now taken for granted but none of them would exist if there were nolaunchers capable of placing satellites accurately into space. Every nation that wants to play a role in the worldwide space business indeed needs its own access to space -- it needs a launch system.
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent the first Ariane-1 into space: a la