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Mon, Feb 14, 2005

The Return Of Ariane 5

Huge Rocket Flies Fine, Two Years After Disaster

Arianespace's Ariane 5 lifted off without a hitch from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana Saturday, boosting into space a US-Spanish satellite and an ESA microsatellite. But it was much more than a routine space mission. For the Ariane V, it was a return to credibility.

The rocket lifted off at 1603 EST Saturday. Just 26 minutes later, the XTAR-EUR and Sloshsat were released, marking what the mission team described as a flawless mission.

It was a far more pleasant scenario than painted two years ago, during the first Ariane 5 mission in 2002. Then, the massive rocket veered off-course and had to be destroyed in flight. An investigation later blamed a fault in the Vulcan-2 rocket motor's cooling system.

After a long investigation, the Ariane 5 was redesigned. After yesterday's launch, Jean-Yves Le Gall, the head of Arianespace, described it as "an exceptional moment," saying "those who believed in Ariane 5... were right."

FMI: www.arianespace.com

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