• Roll-out of ATV-4 mounted on top of Ariane 5 VA 213 from BAF (Final Assembly Building) to Launch Area (ZL-3)
  • Establish launch vehicle connections
  • Filling of the EPC liquid Helium sphere

And, fresh from Kourou: Some great pics of Ariane 5 in the BAF with the doors open just before the huge launcher starts to roll…

Ariane 5 in the BAF - ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Ariane 5, in the BAF (Final Assembly Building) ready for transfer to the launch pad.
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 5 June, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Liftoff is set for 23:52 CEST (21:52 GMT), and three hours and four minutes later the vessel will separate from the launcher to begin ten days of health checks and orbital manoeuvres, bringing it to an automated docking with the Station on 15 June, 2013.


Ariane 5 in the BAF Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013

Ariane 5, in the BAF (Final Assembly Building) ready for transfer to the launch pad.
ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 5 June, 2013, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Liftoff is set for 23:52 CEST (21:52 GMT), and three hours and four minutes later the vessel will separate from the launcher to begin ten days of health checks and orbital manoeuvres, bringing it to an automated docking with the Station on 15 June, 2013.