Aerial view of ESA's Ariane Launch Complex no.3

Aerial view of ESA's Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-3) in the western part of the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe's space port, near Kourou, French Guiana.

In the foreground are the Launcher Integration Building (BIL), on the left, where Ariane 5 launchers are stacked, and the Final Assembly Building (BAF), on the right, where they are mated with their payload. In the background is the Launch Zone (ZL-3), with it 90-m-tall water tower. All these facilities are connected by a dual railtrack.