File photos
This section contains photos, comments and captions that complement the other pages in this file
Inspection photos
Close-up of the nuts and bolts
These technical photos are used to record certain mechanical and electrical phases in the presence of a Quality supervisor. They take up around 75% of photo activity time.
The cable jellyfish, photo reworked by Loïc
Campaign coverage photos
Photo of a satellite arriving and illustration of its transfer to the base... and by hand, another way of reproducing images!
Launch countdown in images
An Ariane 5 ECA lifting off on 14 August 2007
Modelling the different launch phases
Once the launcher has gone out of sight, the final flight phases are illustrated by computer-generated images which have been modelled by 3D computer graphics specialists...
A different perspective: the work of the computer graphics specialist, letting his imagination run like a reel of film, then developing it using software not chemicals. Minor retouches or virtual creations, image processing sometimes comes up with surprising results!
The imaging equipment
In the eastern shelter of the ZL (Launch Zone), the teams set up and check their equipment in preparation for an Ariane lift-off. The ZL reflected in the glass hides the searchlights inside the building.
Eyes watching from Space
Some satellites provide telecommunications services, while others explore the cosmos or observe our planet, sending back optical and radar satellite images. Here the merging of two Spot 5 images from 2003 and 2006 shows erosion on Zéphir beach and accretion at the top of Montjoly beach (in French Guiana).
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