Ariane 5G ready to lift off

Released

02/03/2004 9:22 am

Copyright

ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE-Service Optique CSG, 2004

Description

ESA's Rosetta mission began at 08:17 CET (07:17 GMT) on 2 March 2004 when a European Ariane-5 launch vehicle lifted off from the Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana