{"id":15186,"date":"2016-10-04T23:55:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-ariane-5-rocket-arrives-on-the-launch-pad\/"},"modified":"2016-10-04T23:55:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:55:24","slug":"photos-ariane-5-rocket-arrives-on-the-launch-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-ariane-5-rocket-arrives-on-the-launch-pad\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives on the launch pad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The journey took about one hour, with heavy-duty metal wheels and guiders on the mobile launch table following rails laid between the Ariane 5\u2019s vertical assembly hangar and the launch pad nestled in the jungle on the northern coastline of South America.<\/p>\n<p>A specially-outfitted diesel-powered Titan truck towed the rocket and the launch platform to the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p>Once the Ariane 5 arrived at the launch complex, technicians connected the rocket and its platform to the pad\u2019s electrical, telemetry and propellant systems ahead of the start of the countdown before dawn Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The satellites mounted on top of the Ariane 5 are Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18, destined for communications coverage of Australia and India, respectively.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18889\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18889\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523237_1205873982784281_3613768942265226164_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523237_1205873982784281_3613768942265226164_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523237_1205873982784281_3613768942265226164_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523237_1205873982784281_3613768942265226164_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18890\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18890\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14595720_1205873919450954_3238780984030997419_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"675\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14595720_1205873919450954_3238780984030997419_n.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14595720_1205873919450954_3238780984030997419_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18891\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18891\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14495240_1205873909450955_4868749599147753252_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14495240_1205873909450955_4868749599147753252_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14495240_1205873909450955_4868749599147753252_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14495240_1205873909450955_4868749599147753252_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18893\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18893\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516587_1205873842784295_5788609296798868005_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"675\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516587_1205873842784295_5788609296798868005_n.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516587_1205873842784295_5788609296798868005_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18892\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18892\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516615_1205873882784291_8674568737613402176_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516615_1205873882784291_8674568737613402176_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516615_1205873882784291_8674568737613402176_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14516615_1205873882784291_8674568737613402176_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18894\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18894\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523036_1205873836117629_1056396629785492417_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"675\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523036_1205873836117629_1056396629785492417_n.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14523036_1205873836117629_1056396629785492417_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18895\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18895\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14492474_1205873802784299_263937999500606918_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon\" width=\"675\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14492474_1205873802784299_263937999500606918_n.jpg 594w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14492474_1205873802784299_263937999500606918_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18882\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18882\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14522951_1205873786117634_4684158320362959303_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14522951_1205873786117634_4684158320362959303_n.jpg 841w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14522951_1205873786117634_4684158320362959303_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14522951_1205873786117634_4684158320362959303_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18896\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18896\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14590417_1205873742784305_1669357429634112307_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon\" width=\"675\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14590417_1205873742784305_1669357429634112307_n.jpg 594w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14590417_1205873742784305_1669357429634112307_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18897\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18897\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14517537_1205873716117641_5107282214774262626_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon\" width=\"675\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14517537_1205873716117641_5107282214774262626_n.jpg 594w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14517537_1205873716117641_5107282214774262626_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/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>Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites. 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