With L-4 days to launch (excluding the weekend), Jean-Luc Froeliger and I are in a full dress rehearsal at the Jupiter 2 building, where the Ariane 5 Launch Control Center is located. The rehearsal includes practicing talking on the headsets and reviewing the entire launch script communications protocol to ensure we operate smoothly as a team on launch day. Each seat in the Jupiter 2 floor will have an operational representative for every discipline related to launch.
Each discipline has a "Go/NoGo" authority to stop the launch if their system is not "green". These disciplines include weather, tracking, voice communications, networks, range, safety and payload (Intelsat and our co-passenger, Yahsat). Intelsat is integral to the launch process as both satellites must be fully configured for flight and on internal power. Throughout the countdown, the respective satellite mission directors (DMS) will report to the Arianespace Mission Director that we are "GO for Launch".
Behind us, blocked by a full glass partition, is the VIP auditorium, where CEOs, heads of state, and other dignitaries can observe us and the giant screen showing "Go/NoGo" conditions of the various disciplines. They are seated about one hour before launch. At approximately L-30 seconds, they exit to either end of the building to exterior balconies to witness the launch.
Contributor: Brian Sing, Satellite Mission Director, Intelsat New Dawn
Each discipline has a "Go/NoGo" authority to stop the launch if their system is not "green". These disciplines include weather, tracking, voice communications, networks, range, safety and payload (Intelsat and our co-passenger, Yahsat). Intelsat is integral to the launch process as both satellites must be fully configured for flight and on internal power. Throughout the countdown, the respective satellite mission directors (DMS) will report to the Arianespace Mission Director that we are "GO for Launch".
Behind us, blocked by a full glass partition, is the VIP auditorium, where CEOs, heads of state, and other dignitaries can observe us and the giant screen showing "Go/NoGo" conditions of the various disciplines. They are seated about one hour before launch. At approximately L-30 seconds, they exit to either end of the building to exterior balconies to witness the launch.
Contributor: Brian Sing, Satellite Mission Director, Intelsat New Dawn
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