ESA MINISTERIAL – LAUNCHERS 2014 FINAL
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[Ariane 5 launch shots; Rosetta and ATV animation]
Ariane 5 is a powerful and reliable workhorse for ESA. It launches telecommunications satellites that provide TV and Internet coverage, scientific spacecraft, such as the Rosetta mission, and it even supplied the International Space Station through the largest space cargo vessel, the ATV.
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[Shots of ESA spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana]
On top of this, by launching from the spaceport in French Guiana, it has ensured that Europe has its own independent access to space.
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[Animation of James Webb space telescope; shots of satellite dishes; animation of telecoms satellite around the Earth]
Among other missions, Ariane 5 will soon launch Hubble’s successor, the James Webb space telescope. But a combination of today’s economic climate, plus increasing competition around the world, means that it’s time to think about the next generation launcher - one that will keep Europe’s leadership in the world’s commercial satellite launch market.
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[Inset clip: Gaele WINTERS, Director of Launchers, ESA]
“We have a very strong position on that market but the position is under threat. If we look at the future, you look at the type of satellites that will be launched, if you look at more competitors into the market, the very sharp pricing policy of these competitors, we have to do something that protects the European position and at the same time guarantees access to space that we want because that’s the first priority of our Ministers when they are coming together in ESA, they say we need to have access to space.”
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[ESA Ministerial shots from Naples, 2012]
And so, at the last ESA Ministerial in 2012, member states approved a feasibility study for Ariane 6. This new launcher is now taking shape and will be revealed in Luxembourg at the next Ministerial meeting in December.
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[Shots of Vega launch and Ariane 5 on the launchpad, Kourou]
By using technologies from the current Ariane and Vega launchers, it is hoped to cut down manufacturing costs. This will allow Ariane 6 to be more competitively priced for today’s increasingly important space market – without the need for further public financial support.
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[Insert clip: Gaele WINTERS, Director of Launchers, ESA]
“If you want to launch your satellites in the future as a space agency you need a launch capability and Ariane 6 is going to offer that”.
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[Shots of 2012 Ministerial and launch from Kourou]
If final approval on its development is given at the ESA Ministerial in December, Ariane 6 will enter service at Europe’s spaceport at the start of the next decade. Europe will then be able to meet the flexible and streamlined demands of launcher requirements and can continue to maintain autonomous access into space.
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ESA MINISTERIAL - LAUNCHERS
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[TITLE] Gale WINTERS, Director of Launchers, ESA (English)
“If you want to launch your satellites in the future as a space agency you need a launch capability and Ariane 6 is going to offer that”.
“After a long real period of preparation and years of discussion I have to say, we now expect that we are coming in the final, that there will be a real descsion by ministers to start a full development for Ariane 6.”
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[TITLE] Ariane 5 launches
Selection of Ariane 5 launches from Kourou.
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[TITLE] ATV-4 Animation
Animation showing the fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle being delivered to and docking with the International Space Station.
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[TITLE] ESA spaceport, Kourou
GVs of the ESA spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana.
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[TITLE] ESA Ministerial, 2012
GVs of the last ESA Ministerial meeting in Naples, Italy, 20-21 November 2012.
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[TITLE] Vega launch
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[TITLE] Vega launch preparations
Preparations of the Vega launcher at ESA’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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[TITLE] Animation Rosetta and Philae lander
The Rosetta mission orbiter deploying the Philae lander, with its descent and landing on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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