A series of images which documents the history of the highly successful Ariane series of launchers, 1979 - 1999, with titles in French and English. This video index uses footage, recorded primarily at ""Europe's Spaceport"" in Kourou, French Guiana, arranged as follows: Ariane 1 first launch attempt, launch aborted; LO1 launch, 9 days later, 1979; first double launch with SYLDA, 1982; L6 launch 1983; Intelsat 5-F-7, launch of first non-European satellite on L7, 1983; first Arianespace commercial launch of Spacenet 1 (USA) on Vol 9, 1984; first Ariane 3 launch, Vol 10, 1984; first space probe launch (Giotto) on Vol 14, 1985; first launch into polar orbit, with Spot 1 and Viking, on Vol 16, 1986; first launch from ELA-2 of Vol 17, 1986; first Ariane 4 launch, Vol 22, 1988; first Ariane 5 launch, of Cluster 1 on Vol 88, failure of guidance system and explosion, 1996; first Ariane 5 commercial launch, Vol 119, 1999, with XMM Observatory payload.
Launch footage is accompanied by relevant stills.
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00:01:50:00 titles:Ariane 1979-1999
00:02:26:00 title: Ariane 1 1979. First attempt. Launch aborted.
00:02:33:00 ms Ariane 1 on launchpad, ignition, no launch
00:02:43:00 gv control room, 9 days later, pan r
00:02:49:00 ms Ariane 1 L01 on launchpad
00:02:52:00 split screen cu's gaseous oxygen vent hood pulls away
in preparation for launch
00:02:57:00 cu engines ignite
00:03:00:00 ls Ariane L01 launch
00:03:03:00 title: Ariane 1 First launch
00:03:07:00 tracking shot Ariane 1
00:03:12:00 stills of Ariane 1 team
00:03:22:00 title: first double launch with SYLDA
00:03:28:00 graphics of Ariane dual-launch system
00:03:36:00 ls Ariane L6 launch
00:03:48:00 title: first launch of non-European satellite
00:03:53:00 ms with pan up satellite ground station still
00:03:59:00 ms with pan up Intelsat cleanroom still
00:04:03:00 ls Ariane L7 night launch
00:04:10:00 long range tracking camera still of L7
00:04:16:00 title: first Arianespace commercial launch
00:04:22:00 still of ms Spacenet sa