Flight 188 - uppsagd

Data relating to Flight 1881. IntroductionFlight 188 is the 44 th Ariane 5 launch and the second in 2009. An ARIANE 5 ECA (CryogenicEvolution type A), the most powerful version in the ARIANE 5 range, will be used for this flight.Flight 188 is a scientific mission for Ariane 5. Launcher 546, the 40 th production phaseARIANE 5, is the eighteenth of the 30 PA contract launchers, for which ASTRIUM is productionprime contractor. 546 is consequently the nineteenth complete launcher to be delivered toArianespace, integrated and checked out under ASTRIUM responsibility in the LauncherIntegration Building (BIL).In a dual-payload configuration using the SYLDA 5 “F” (4.9m high) system and a long patternfairing (total height: 17m), the launcher is carrying the scientific satellites HERSCHEL in theupper position and PLANCK in the lower position.Installed inside the long pattern fairing built by:OERLIKON SPACEHERSCHEL built by prime contractor:THALES ALENIA SPACEStrapped to a type PAS 2624VS adaptor built by:SAABLocated inside the SYLDA 5 F built by:ASTRIUM STPLANCK built by prime contractor:Strapped to a type PAS 2624VS adaptor built by:ORBITAL Sciences Corp.SAABOperations in the Final Assembly Building (BAF) – where the satellites are integrated with thelauncher – and actual launch operations on the ARIANE 5 launch pad (ELA3) are coordinatedby Arianespace.3