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BID : ESAPR0296
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Subj: Completion of Ariane-5 propulsion tests
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Sent: 960110/2349Z @:F6BVP.FRPA.FRA.EU #:37983 [Paris] FBB5.15c $:ESAPR0296
From: F6BVP@F6BVP.FRPA.FRA.EU
To : SPACE@AMSAT
N 02-96 - Paris, 8 January 1996
ESA/CNES JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Completion of Ariane-5 on-the-ground propulsion tests
On Saturday 6 January the second and final qualification test
(Q2) on the cryogenic main stage of Europe's Ariane-5
launcher was carried out on the ELA-3 launch site at the
Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French
Guiana.
This successful operation, lasting 9 minutes 53 seconds,
completes the series of hot tests carried out on the ground on
the Ariane-5 launcher's propulsion units.
This has cleared the way for confirmation of 21 February as
the starting date for the first Ariane-5 launch campaign, with
7 May as the target for the launch itself (flight 501).
The cryogenic main stage has been developed by A‚rospatiale,
the stage authority, with the Soci‚t‚ Europ‚enne de Propulsion
supplying its Vulcain engine.
The European Space Agency has delegated the management
of its Ariane-5 programme to CNES, the French space agency.
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