ARIANE 5 `BATTLESHIP' STAGE
First firing of the Ariane 5 cryogenic oxygen/hydrogen ``battleship'' stage on the launch pad at Kourou, French Guiana, gives the European Space Agency new momentum to achieve the first Ariane 5 launch in November, 1995. Aerospatiale is ESA's prime contractor for the $6.4-billion Ariane 5 program...
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