The final qualification flight of Europe's new Ariane 5 launcher, is scheduled for October 1998; its passengers will be the Maqsat 3 dummy satellite and ESA's Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator. This tape gives a summary of the events leading up to the launch.

10:00:00:00 conditions of use
10:00:09:00 ESA opening titles
10:00:45:00 title: the Ariane family
10:00:52:00 graphics Ariane 1 - 5
10:01:04:00 Ariane 4 night launch
10:01:33:00 gvs' [telicined] Ariane 502 launch, October 30th 1997
10:03:01:00 title: Ariane 503 mission graphics
10:03:07:00 graphics Ariane 503 launch
10:03:19:00 graphics jettison of solid boosters [EAP]
10:03:29:00 graphics jettison of payload fairing
10:03:39:00 graphics jettison of main stage [EPS]
10:04:40:00 graphics ARD [Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator] deployment, jettison of speltra, firing of upper stage [EPS] engine
10:06:42:00 graphics EPS engine extinguished
10:07:05:00 graphics Maqsat 3 deployed
10:07:49:00 graphics Ariane 503 flight trajectory, relative to globe
10:09:00:00 graphics Ariane 503 mission [2D]
10:09:17:00 title: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
10:09:24:00 graphics location of CSG Kourou, French Guiana
10:09:47:00 title: Ariane 503 launch campaign, Kourou
10:09:53:00 arrival of MN Toucan cargo ship
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