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		Rocket: Ariane 5 ES Payload: ATV 2 Date: Feb. 16, 2011 Time: 2151 GMT (4:51 p.m. EST) Site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana Mission status center Docking story Docking photo gallery Docking timeline Launch story Launch preview story Launch timeline View from space Launch photo gallery Rocket rolls to pad Our Ariane archive

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Ariane 5 moves to launch pad
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: February 15, 2011

The 165-foot-tall Ariane 5 rocket rolled on rail tracks from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone Monday. The rocket is scheduled to launch the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle to resupply the International Space Station.

Credit: Stephane Corvaja/ESA

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