Following the failure of Arianespace Flight 157, further information will be given during a press conference to be held on Thursday, December 12 at the Spaceport in French Guiana.ย  This media briefing will begin at 10.00 a.m. local French Guiana time (2:00 pm in Paris, 8:00 a.m. in Washington D.C., and 10:00 p.m. in Tokyo).ย  Accredited journalists will be able to listen to the press conference:

(1) Via audio streaming in French and English on the Arianespace Web site’s Media Corner. (Go to http://www.arianespace.com and select the “Media Corner” link from the Home Page).ย ย  Links will appear in the Media Corner, and these links will become active at the start of the press conference.

*Note: The Media Corner is password protected.ย  To log on to the Media Corner, use the username: Information and the password: Leader (Username and Password are case sensitive.ย  Please reproduce them exactly as listed).

(2)

On dial-up telephone servers at the following numbers in Paris, France:

In French: +33 1 58 72 12 30

In English: + 33 1 56 78 52 34

(3)

At the following Arianespace facilities:

The Arianespace headquarters in Evry, France, near Paris (contact telephone numbers: switchboard +33 1 60-87-60-00; Claude Sanchez +33 1 60 87-60-14)

The Arianespace Inc. office in Washington DC (contact: switchboard +1 202 628- 3936; Suzy Chambers +1 202 258 0684)

Arianespace Tokyo (Contact: Jacques Roelandts +81 90 14 39 97 58).

Arianespace Vol 157
Confรฉrence de presse
Suite ร  l’รฉchec de la mission du lancement d’Ariane 5, une confรฉrence de presse est organisรฉe jeudi 12 dรฉcembre depuis Kourou et en duplex au siรจge d’Arianespace ร  Evry ร  14h00.
L’accueil se fera ร  partir de 13h45 sur prรฉsentation de votre carte de presse.

La confรฉrence de presse pourra รชtre รฉcoutรฉe
Sur serveurs audio :
Serveur anglais: +33 1 56 78 52 34
Serveur franรงais: +33 1 58 72 12 30
Ou sur le Media Corner de notre site internet : www.arianespace.com
Pour accรฉder au Media Corner utiliser le mot de passe : Information et le mot clรฉ : Leader ( ร  recopier ร  l’identique).