Visit of French President at the Guiana Space Centre
THE ROUTE...
Landing of the French President
With about fifteen minutes late as the puma carrying Nicolas Sarkozy, Yannick d'Escatha and some ministers had landed on DZ Orchid, followed by those carrying the other part of the ministerial delegation. They came to the site overfling the entire launch Soyuz...
Visiting the Final assembling building (BAF)
...and the S5 (payloads building)
In the filling hall of the EPCU S5B and with a clear view of the imposing cargo ATV Jules Verne, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director, presented to the President, the automatically “rendezvous" European system with the International Space Station (ISS), describing it as "indispensable" as a "unique technology that possess neither the Russians nor the Americans."
At the Jupiter Control Centre
All current operationals are at their control desk and for the occasion, simulate an accelerated positive chronology launch. Thierry Vallée, Director of Operations of the V181 - ATV campaign, explains to the President, very attentive, the images being projected onto the operational wall of images.
The speech in Jupiter
While employees of the Base centre were in the “Max Hauzeur” room or in the Launch Centre nr 3 (CDL3) to listen to the President’speech or in the various rooms designed for this purpose at the CNES Toulouse, Paris and Evry), Nicolas Sarkozy spoked from Jupiter Room to many local politicians, European and local manufacturers.
