A 55-meter tall Ariane 5 rockets rolls out from its Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on January 24, 2018 for liftoff with a pair of innovative communications satellites.

The first Ariane 5 ECA to fly in 2018 arrives at the Guiana Space Center aboard one of two sea-going vessels operated by Arianespace and undergoes assembly operations in preparation for a January liftoff with two innovative, yet different satellites

Satellites for Ariane’s 2018 year-opening mission arrive at the Guiana Space Center via cargo aircraft to enter final pre-launch testing, fueling for flight and integration atop the Ariane 5 launch vehicle that will take them into a Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit.