Ariane-502 launch

Shortly before the successful launch of the second Ariane-5, Ar-502/V101, from the ELA-3 complex at Kourou, French Guiana on 30 October 1997. The payloads on this test flight were the two instrumented Maqsat platforms and TeamSat. [Image Date: 30-10-97] [98.05.010-005]