How about a little Kourou tour?
Overview of Europe's Spaceport
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Ariane Launch Zone (ZLA)
Next to the launch pad is a 90-m high water tower containing 1500 m3 of water. This is poured onto the launch table during liftoff at the rate of 30 m3 per second, to help reduce noise, and cool the table and the trenches.
Around the launch pad are four 80-m tall lightening rods as well as a metal tower fitted with baffles to help protect the launcher from air turbulence.
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Live Search Map: Aerial view of ZLA launch pad
Jules Verne ATV Launch Blog
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Countdown looking good
John Ellwood reports from inside the Jupiter control room at Guiana Space Centre that everything looks good in the countdown. Tanking started at 01:00 CET according to schedule.
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Live video coverage begins in about 1 hour (but actual content
may only begin 20 minutes before launch):
ESA: Watch ATV Launch Live
NASA TV
Launch target:
March 8, 2003 PST, Saturday
March 8, 2303 EST, Saturday
March 9, 0103 Kourou, Sunday
March 9, 0403 UTC, Sunday
March 9, 0503 CET, Sunday
120 minutes to launch