Global launch pads

GUF · Pad 99

Ariane Launch Area 2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Ariane Launch Area 2 launchpad

The range

A fixed point beneath moving missions.

The ELA-2 pad, built in 1986, had been used for Ariane 4 launches from 1988 until 2003. Before 1988, although purpose-built for Ariane 4, the pad hosted an Ariane-2 and two Ariane-3 launches.

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