EAP (solid booster) transfer to the BEAP (Booster Teststand) during Ariane 503 campaign.

Flight 503, conducted under ESA responsibility, was the last of the Ariane-5 qualification flights. The launcher used was the first production-series unit ordered by Arianespace from European industry.

Ariane-5 is an ESA programme for which ESA delegated management responsibility to CNES.

Launch operations are managed by Arianespace at the ELA-3 launch site at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s spaceport (French Guiana).