Footage shows the Launch Control Center (LCC) as they prepare for launch. During preparation Charles Bigot, Chairman and C.E.O. of Arianespace, and Jean-Daniel Levi, Director of CNES spoke briefly about the join effort between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The NASA administrator, Don Golding also made a brief speech via telephone before the launching. Live footage also shows the launching of the TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
TOPEX/POSEIDON Launch from Guiana Space Center Aboard an Ariane 42P
1992-08-10
Audio-visual
No indication
English
Guiana Space Center's Ariane-5 launch facility
Online Contents | 1995
TOPEX/POSEIDON Mission Overview
NTRS | 1994
|TOPEX/Poseidon battery performance
NTRS | 1993
|NTIS | 1984
|TOPEX/POSEIDON Science Investigations Plan
NTIS | 1992