Yannick d’Escatha, the recently-named president of France’s CNES national space agency, visited the Spaceport on March 10 and received an update on preparations for latest status of the upcoming Flight 160.
Our photo shows d’Escatha (middle) inspecting the Flight 160 launch vehicle with Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall (at right) in the Ariane 5 launcher integration building.
CNES is the Arianespace program prime contractor Ariane development program agency and it also is responsible for operation of the Spaceport — which also is known as the Guiana Space Center.
Arianespace Flight 160 will carry India’s INSAT 3A satellite, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, along with GALAXY XII, an Orbital Sciences Corporation spacecraft manufactured for PanAmSat.
