U.S. Army system monitored Ariane 5 launch
The U.S. Army's Airborne Surveillance Testbed was used to monitor parts of the Oct. 21 launch of the Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, to determine reentry characteristics of the launcher's first stage. AST, a highly modified Boeing 767-200, flew the mission at the request of NASA to...
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