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Successful firing test for the ARTA 6 solid rocket motor for the Ariane 5 booster

Colleferro, Italy - The test also provided some important data

Firing test of the Solid Rocket Motor (MPS) of the Ariane 5 booster in Kourou, French Guiana, concluded successfully. This was the sixth firing test of ARTA (Accompagnement et Recherche Technologique Ariane), an ESA programme that has the objective of maintaining the qualification status of the Ariane 5 launch system. The first firing test, ARTA 1, took place on 16 May 2000, followed by ARTA 2 on...

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Rome, Italy, 09/09/2016 13:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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