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Subj: ARIANE 5 GROUND PROPULSION TESTS COMP
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HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 014.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 14, 1996
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-014.04
EAS announced from Paris January 8 the completion of the Ariane-5
on-the-ground propulsion tests.
The press release stated.
"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 Arospatiale,
the stage authority, with the Socit Europenne 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."
It is the second flight test of the Ariane 5 (502) that Phase 3D
is manifiested. The first flight is to occur in May with the
second currently scheduled for September.
ANS thanks Keith Baker KB1SF for relaying this information.
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