On this day: 31 July 1973, the Second Package Deal agreed at the European Space Conference (ESC) meeting in Brussels, as well as deciding to create a new European Space Agency, also started three new programmes: Spacelab, the maritime satellite navigation project MAROTS and a new launcher, L3S (Ariane)… Happy Birthday, Ariane!
Let’s go back 44 years ago, when Europe created the Ariane program.
