Arianespace orders more baseline Ariane 5 boosters
Posted: Fri, Jan 31, 2003, 8:57 PM ET (0157 GMT)
Arianespace announced Friday that it had placed an order for an additional six "generic", or baseline, versions of its Ariane 5 booster. In a brief statement, the company said that it ordered the Ariane 5G boosters to "meet market requirements and continue to give customers reliable, proven launch services." The boosters are scheduled for delivery beginning in 2004. The decision is one of the first made by Arianespace in the wake of an investigation into the failure of the first upgraded Ariane 5, the Ariane 5 ECA (also known as Ariane 5 ESC-A), last December. Company officials have previously said they plan to return the Ariane 5 ECA to service in the second half of 2002, and have tentatively planned an Ariane 5G launch in late February. Concerns about the readiness of the Ariane 5 family led Arianespace and ESA to indefinitely postpone the launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission, which was to launch in January on an Ariane 5G. The last Ariane 4 launch is scheduled for February 12.
Arianespace announced Friday that it had placed an order for an additional six "generic", or baseline, versions of its Ariane 5 booster. In a brief statement, the company said that it ordered the Ariane 5G boosters to "meet market requirements and continue to give customers reliable, proven launch services." The boosters are scheduled for delivery beginning in 2004. The decision is one of the first made by Arianespace in the wake of an investigation into the failure of the first upgraded Ariane 5, the Ariane 5 ECA (also known as Ariane 5 ESC-A), last December. Company officials have previously said they plan to return the Ariane 5 ECA to service in the second half of 2002, and have tentatively planned an Ariane 5G launch in late February. Concerns about the readiness of the Ariane 5 family led Arianespace and ESA to indefinitely postpone the launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission, which was to launch in January on an Ariane 5G. The last Ariane 4 launch is scheduled for February 12.| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Wednesday, August 12
Firefly Now Targeting Next Alpha Flight By Year’s End
Aviation Week — 4:54 am ET (0854 GMT) 'Russian Starlink' Is Fast Becoming A Reality, There's Just One Problem For The Kremlin
Radio Free Europe — 4:52 am ET (0852 GMT) Firefly Aerospace Announces Extension of Multi-Launch Agreement with Lockheed Martin Through 2031
Firefly Aerospace — 4:50 am ET (0850 GMT) Firefly’s SciTec Awarded $94 Million U.S. Space Force Contract to Advance Ground-Based Radar Digitization Program
Firefly Aerospace — 4:49 am ET (0849 GMT) Registration Now Open for Spacepower Conference 2026
EINPresswire.com — 4:49 am ET (0849 GMT) |
