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00:00During the last few weeks, years of preparation, design, testing and hard work have accumulated
00:13in this impressive site.
00:16The 56-metre tall Ariane 6 rocket, on its launch pad, all set to light up and soar to
00:24space for the first time.
00:29As Ariane 6 stands tall on its dedicated launch pad, Tony Tolke-Nielsen, Acting Director
00:35of Space Transportation, looks back at a successful campaign.
00:40We started the inaugural flight campaign of Ariane 6 four months ago.
00:46And a campaign like that, of a first flight, you do encounter quite a lot of anomalies.
00:53The team has proven very, very good in solving these anomalies with a focus on maintaining
01:01the schedule.
01:02As the launcher itself was put through its paces over the last months, technicians were
01:07also getting the payloads, such as the re-entry capsules, ready for flight and putting them
01:12on the launcher adapter before placing them on top of Ariane 6.
01:17After the passengers were placed at the top of the rocket, technicians performed a wet
01:22dress rehearsal, whereby the rocket was filled with over 180 tonnes of supercooled propellant,
01:28well below minus 250 degrees Celsius.
01:33Now that we have done the wet dress rehearsal successfully, we are ready for launch on the
01:379th of July.
01:41This is, of course, the moment which teams from ESA, France's space agency CNES, and
01:47rocket designer and manufacturer Ariane Group have been working towards tirelessly.
01:53They will finally see how Ariane 6's engines will be ignited, rumble, and then, a roar,
02:02as the rocket rises from the launch pad and soars towards space, taking less than 10 minutes
02:09to reach Earth's orbit, and then onwards.
02:13Soon, the countdown will begin.
02:15Ariane 6 and the teams are on ground, ready for liftoff.
02:43NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology