{"id":16117,"date":"2015-08-21T00:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-ariane-5-ready-to-fly\/"},"modified":"2015-08-21T00:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T16:42:00","slug":"photos-ariane-5-ready-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-ariane-5-ready-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Ariane 5 ready to fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out photos of Europe\u2019s Ariane 5 launcher in the starting blocks at its tropical spaceport awaiting liftoff with two commercial television relay stations.<\/p>\n<p>The launch from French Guiana is set for Thursday at 2010 GMT (4:10 p.m. EDT) carrying satellites into orbit for Eutelsat and Intelsat. It will be the 81st flight of an Ariane 5 rocket dating back to 1996.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8405\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8405\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880510_962638740441141_8464022918530671499_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880510_962638740441141_8464022918530671499_n.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880510_962638740441141_8464022918530671499_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8406\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8406\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11933429_962638737107808_4576176614065600200_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11933429_962638737107808_4576176614065600200_n.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11933429_962638737107808_4576176614065600200_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8407\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8407\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11887980_962638747107807_4536373496496669726_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11887980_962638747107807_4536373496496669726_n.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11887980_962638747107807_4536373496496669726_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8408\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8408\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880631_962638790441136_2027590231619503319_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"621\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880631_962638790441136_2027590231619503319_n.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880631_962638790441136_2027590231619503319_n-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11880631_962638790441136_2027590231619503319_n-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8409\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8409\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11889432_962638803774468_2907208346825723974_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"621\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11889432_962638803774468_2907208346825723974_n.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11889432_962638803774468_2907208346825723974_n-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11889432_962638803774468_2907208346825723974_n-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8410\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8410\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11885376_962638810441134_2148724536937715588_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11885376_962638810441134_2148724536937715588_n.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11885376_962638810441134_2148724536937715588_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/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>Check out photos of Europe\u2019s Ariane 5 launcher in the starting blocks at its tropical spaceport awaiting liftoff with two commercial television relay stations. The launch from French Guiana is set for Thursday at 2010 GMT (4:10 p.m. EDT) carrying satellites into orbit for Eutelsat and Intelsat. 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