{"id":15076,"date":"2016-11-16T23:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-ariane-5-on-its-jungle-launch-pad-with-navigation-payloads\/"},"modified":"2016-11-16T23:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T15:53:01","slug":"photos-ariane-5-on-its-jungle-launch-pad-with-navigation-payloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-ariane-5-on-its-jungle-launch-pad-with-navigation-payloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Ariane 5 on its jungle launch pad with navigation payloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a walk around the Ariane 5 launch pad in French Guiana after the 16-story rocket arrived at the complex for liftoff Thursday with four European Galileo navigation satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Read our launch preview for more information on the mission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19946\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19946\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-11.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-11.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-11-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19947\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19947\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-10.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-10.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-10-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19948\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19948\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-9.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-9.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-9-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19953\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19953\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-4.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-4.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19952\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19952\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-5.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-5.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-5-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19951\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19951\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-6.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-6.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-6-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19950\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19950\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-7.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-7.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-7-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19949\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19949\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-8.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-8.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-8-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19954\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19954\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-3.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19955\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19955\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-2.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"675\" height=\"1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-2.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19957\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19957\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-5.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19958\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19958\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-4.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19959\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19959\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-3.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ariane_5_flight_VA233_on_launch_pad_node_full_image_2-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19962\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19962\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15095693_1246386732066339_7739253717392697166_n.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"675\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15095693_1246386732066339_7739253717392697166_n.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15095693_1246386732066339_7739253717392697166_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19963\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19963\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15095636_1246386758733003_7170625757219007930_n.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"675\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15095636_1246386758733003_7170625757219007930_n.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15095636_1246386758733003_7170625757219007930_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19964\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19964\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15078717_1246386765399669_4120609907944510938_n.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"675\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15078717_1246386765399669_4120609907944510938_n.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15078717_1246386765399669_4120609907944510938_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a walk around the Ariane 5 launch pad in French Guiana after the 16-story rocket arrived at the complex for liftoff Thursday with four European Galileo navigation satellites. Read our launch preview for more information on the mission. Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016 Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016 Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016 Credit: ESA\u2013Stephane Corvaja, 2016 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1657,3262,1540,498,1060,831,1397,1773],"class_list":["post-15076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-airbus-defense-and-space","tag-airbus-safran-launchers","tag-ariane-5","tag-arianespace","tag-european-commission","tag-european-space-agency","tag-galileo","tag-guiana-space-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}