World first
Matra Marconi Space has delivered the Vehicle Equipment Bay for the first Ariane 5. The brain of the vehicle, the bay includes a new autonomous hydrazine attitude-control propulsion system, which ensures roll control of the vehicle during the boost phase after separation of the solid-rocket boosters.
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