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Subj: ESA INFO ON ARIANE 502
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HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 264.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, SEPTEMBER 21,1997
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BID: $ANS-264.01
ESA RELEASES INFORMATION ON ARIANE 502 FLIGHT SCHEDULE
No. 28-97, Paris, 17 September 1997
JOINT ESA/CNES PRESS RELEASE
ARIANE 502 - Launch preparations
ANS provides the following just as it was received from ESA:
Preparations for the second Ariane-5 qualification flight
(A502) are going ahead simultaneously at the Ariane
5 launch complex (ELA-3) at the Guiana Space Centre,
Europe's spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana, and at the
main industrial sites in Europe.
The launcher preparation campaign began on 16 June in
Guiana (see ESA/CNES press release of the same date) and is
proceeding satisfactorily. The data output from the Launcher
Countdown Rehearsal, which took place on 5 September, has
now been analyzed and the results are correct and in
accordance with predictions.
However, in line with the overriding concern for rigour and
achievement of maximum reliability on this second flight,
additional studies and tests at launcher system level and below
have proven necessary. While these have now almost all been
completed with satisfactory results, some checks relating to
analysis of the launcher's dynamic behavior have yet to be
completed.
It will not therefore be possible to announce a new target date
for the launch - previously scheduled to take place on or soon
after 30 September 1997 - until 25 September at the earliest,
when the final steps in the launch campaign have been
finalized.
Keep tuned to ANS for further updates.
Official information on P3D can be found in ANS
bulletin ANS-250.01
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