IMAGE 1400_99\436.Lbm,Aerial view of the Kourou Space Centre in 1991, showing at bottom right the third launch pad area, ELA 3, under construction. It is the site for the launching of the advanced Ariane 5 vehicle.
IMAGE 1400_99\432.Lbm,Aerial view of the Kourou Space Centre in the early '80s, showing the second launch site, ELA 2, approaching completion. ELA 1 is at bottom left. Note the proximity of the jungle!
IMAGE 1400_99\419.Lbm,Aerial view of the launch pad area of the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana, launch site for ESA's Ariane launch vehicles.
IMAGE 1400_99\431.Lbm,Aerial view of ELA 1, the first launch pad built at the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana. ELA stands for 'ensemble de lancement Ariane'.
IMAGE 1400_99\433.Lbm,Rockets on Kourou Space Centre's two launch pads in May 1988. In the foreground on ELA 1 is Ariane 3, carrying an Intelsat 5 comsat (launched on May 18). On ELA 2 is the first Ariane 4 (launched on 15 June), not yet mated with its payload.
IMAGE 1400_99\435.Lbm,Launch control centre at the Kourou Space Centre.
IMAGE 1400_99\408.Lbm,An Ariane 1 prototype launch vehicle stands on the ELA 1 launch pad at the Kourou Space Centre during fit trails.
IMAGE 1400_99\434.Lbm,Blast off from ELA 2 of an Ariane 4 launch vehicle, carrying an Intelsat 6 comsat, on the night of October 29, 1991. The launch vehicle is the 44L variant, using four liquid-fuel boosters.
IMAGE 1400_99\437.Lbm,The Ariane 5 assembly building nearly completed at the ELA 3 launch site.
IMAGE 1400_99\438.Lbm,The partly completed transporter and launch platform for the Ariane 5 launch vehicle at the ELA 3 launch complex.
