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Ariane 5 bows out in style
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- Title Ariane 5 bows out in style
- Released: 06/07/2023
- Length 00:00:40
- Language English
- Footage Type Live Footage
- Copyright ESA/CNES/Arianespace
- Description
The Ariane 5 launch vehicle liftoff for flight VA261 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 July at 23:00 BST (6 July at 00:00 CEST). Flight VA261 carried two payloads into space – the German space agency DLR’s experimental communications satellite Heinrich Hertz and the French communications satellite Syracuse 4b. The flight was the 117th and final mission for Ariane 5, a series which began in 1996.