Successful Ariane launch

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Just after midnight an Ariane 4 soared into the sky above Kourou in French Guiana to place a new telecommunications satellite into orbit. This is the 113th successful Ariane 4 launch, an outstanding record for this, the workhorse of the Ariane family.

On board the Ariane 44L launch vehicle, equipped with four powerful strap-on boosters, was an NSS-6 satellite belonging to New Skies Satellits N.V. Now that this telecommunications satellite has been successfully placed into geostationary orbit it will cover all of Asia, Australia, India, the Middle East and South Africa.

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CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 12 DÉC. 2002

Arianespace releases initial information on Flight 157

During a press conference today in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall provided initial information on the failure of Flight 157. He also announced the establishment of an independent inquiry board.

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CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 29 NOV. 2002

Arianespace Flight 157

An anomaly occurred during the final phase of the synchronized sequence of the Ariane 5 countdown. The countdown procedure was automatically stopped before triggering the ignition sequence of the main stage's Vulcain engine.

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CONTENU ARCHIVÉ : 28 AOÛT. 2002

Flawless launch of a super Meteosat

ESA PR 58-2002 Almost 25 years after the November 1977 launch of the very first Meteosat, the first representative of the next generation (MSG-1) of European weather satellites has been placed in orbit and is being made ready to lend new dimensions to the monitoring of our planet's climate.

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