CAT 1
Ariane 1
European Space Agency
Launch Status
Success Mission
CAT 1
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Vehicle evaluation payload for the Ariane 1 launch vehicle
Location
Rocket
Agency
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees.
ESA’s space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.