Thanks Paul for your fine contribution about Ariane launcher ! An example of international co-operation involving Ariane and USA is the Topex/Poseidon spatial oceanographic mission, launched August 10, 1992. Let me add Ariane is launched from Kourou, French Guyana : France is amongst first World Space nations. I'm afraid some of this list contributors have still in mind 1944 image of France ? ;-)) Later, Patrick, 48.067 N, 04.133 E, Southern Champagne. ----- Message d'origine ----- De : "Paul Henney" <Paul.J.Henney@btinternet.com> À : "seesat-l" <seesat-l@blackadder.lmsal.com> Envoyé : vendredi 2 février 2001 01:17 Objet : Ariane > Excuse me > > *Outburst Mode* and off topic BUT... > > I'm afraid it speaks volumes about the anal insularity of the USA when > people with enough nouce to join this group and contribute to it have NO > IDEA where/what Ariane rockets are derived from. > > For your information Arianespace, which is European ( but which is not > *owned* by ESA), is the *most* successful commercial launch system on the > planet and is the PREFERRED launcher for several american satcoms companies. > Ariane 5 is the ONLY system on the planet (apart from the $ 400 Million a > pop Titan 4..and then only for the military) which can put 10 tonnes into > GTO. > > It dosen't have a Yank flag attached and it dosen't launch from KSC or > Vandenberg..but its putting tonnage into orbit cheaper and more reliably > than Delta or Atlas. > > *Outburts Mode Off* > > Have a nice day > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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