MPS / Moscow / Kourou / Paris / Tokyo / Washington / D.C. / Washington / Spaceport / /
Company
Apogee / Boeing Launch Services / Starsem / Thales Alenia Space Mission / Thales Alenia Space Mission Observation / Ascension / Arianespace / Malindi / Planck / CNES / Customer ESA / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / /
Continent
Africa / Europe / /
Country
French Guiana / Kazakhstan / Guinea / Singapore / /
Currency
pence / EUR / / /
Event
M&A / Company Expansion / Reorganization / Business Partnership / /
Facility
Space Center / Payload Preparation Complex / Launcher Integration Building / S5 B building Satellites / building S1 B February / Final Assembly Building / S5 facility / Guiana Space Center / S5 A building April / Infrared Space Observatory / building S5 B March / / /
Holiday
Ascension / /
IndustryTerm
government operators / prime contractor / launch site / command systems / production prime contractor / guidance systems / Satellite position / payload processing buildings / telecom network / satellite operators / scientific satellite / chemical composition / satellite preparations / electrical systems / propellant and fluid systems / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Guinea / /
Organization
french government / Space Center / European Space Agency / CNES / ESC / ESA Media Relations Office / Guiana Space Center / EPC / Arianespace Flight mission / Relations Office / 188th Ariane mission / ARIANESPACE mission / Launch Services Alliance / /
Person
Vega / Ariane Payload / SIMON ARIANESPACE ARIANESPACE CNES / ESA ESA ESA TAS / / /
Position
Range Operations Manager / Manager Ariane Production Project / Industrial prime contractor / Director Satellite Mission / Manager Range Operations Deputy / Deputy Director Satellite Program Manager Satellite Preparation Manager / launch vehicle Launch Site Operations Manager / Deputy Mission Manager / Manager In charge of / Director In charge of / Manager Ariane / HERSCHEL satellite Satellite Mission Director / Prime contractor / production prime contractor / Production Project Manager / PLANCK satellite Satellite Mission Director / /
A launch for science For its second launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two scientific satellites for the European Space Agency: the Herschel space telescope and the Planck