L-1 Launcher Roll Out

Today (13/07), the Ariane 5 Launcher to be used for the VA-224 mission (MSG-4/StarOneC4) has been transferred, as it was planned, from BAF (Batiment d'Assemblage Final/Final Assembly Building) to the Launch pad (ELA-3).

The pictures below give an impression of the Roll Out of the launcher taken from the Galilée building (excepted picture#1).

 

1-Openining of  the BAF main door

 

2-First hundred meters of the roll out. View of the BIL and BAF buildings (respectively on the foreground on the right hand-side).

3 - The Ariane 5 carriage close to the water tower

4- Last glance at the palm trees before the big journey.

5-Ariane 5 launcher approaching the ELA-3 launch pad... for new adventures. 

Pictures from Shaf

 

Pictures from CNES and AE

 

Arrived at ELA-3 launch pad !