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CVA Professional Visit to French Guiana on 11-19 November 2017 Arrival Salvation Islands ( Iles De Salut) CVA Professional Visit to French Guiana on 11-19 November 2017 A short report by the participants. Arrival For the ones in the group which came from various part of Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) the plane from Paris to Cayenne was mandatory as we all missed the departure from Brest with the MN Colibri 3 weeks before. As soon as the plane landed around 4.00 pm we discovered the equatorial climate, hot and humid. Just after picking up the luggage, the tour operator in French Guiana made a briefing about the week in the surroundings of Kourou during the way from Cayenne-Félix Eboué International Airport to Kourou where we checked in at the hotel. Salvation Islands ( Iles de Salut) Going to French Guiana can’t be done without understanding its specific history: our first visit in French Guiana was the Salvation Islands, which has an important place in Guiana history. We sailed the few kilometer from Kourou to reach the three islands. A guide gave us a short introduction about the “Salvation Islands”: first named the “Devil's Island” because of its dangerous tide and current by the sailors, then it become the “Salvation Island” after a group of pilgrims stayed on this island, to avoid tropical illness, starvation and indigenous attacks. We visited the “Royale Island”, one of the tree island of the archipel which was the cornerstone of the French penal colony system for hundred years. Photo: The Devil's island, where Cap. Dreyfus was kept prisoner, seen from the Royal island Jerome C: This first excursion permitted to create links inside the CVA team. This group was really interesting. It was composed of students and young professionals. I think that the CVA plays its role fully by bringing together this type of European profile, passionate about the space industry. For my part I appreciated this group and the exchanges with each participant. Visiting the French Guiana territory also brings a more relevant look at the environment around the CSG. Through my career I had the chance to come to Kourou several times (internship and professional missions). As a result, I have seen that CVA visits provide a good overview of French Guiana as a whole. Space Museum & Zoo de Guyane Xavi : The visit to the space museum was a good small taste of what was waiting for us the following days in the CSG facilities. The visit was interesting and it was useful to understand the role the CGS plays in the space industry as well as how it became what it is. Later in the afternoon the visit to the zoo was also great, lots of different unknown species for most of us were discovered and it was truly enriching. Kaw swamps The 4 hours transfer by bus and pirogue allowed us to arrive at the Kaw village and the swamps of the Approague River delta. We did some exploration of the rich flora and fauna. We spent the night in hammocks on a floating lodge. Jérôme C: The night at Kaw was a very good experience. I discovered this place for the first time despite my previous visits to French Guyana. This allowed to federate the benefit group. For my part I can say that I am the only one who ate what was fished that night! I am rather proud of this trophy ;-) Carlo: I was afraid of the night excursion because it was my first time in the savana and the moon was new so no light. Actually this was my first trip outside of continental Europe ;-), but in the end the excursion was really nice, we have seen many animals beside the river and it has been another good part of a wonderful voyage. Albert: Witnessing the amazing sunrise in such an unique place gave us a great boost energy to start the day, although some of us we were not able to sleep as much as we wanted being fascinated by the variety of charming sounds coming from the endless nature that surrounded us. After having breakfast, we left by pirogue that floating lodge where we lived an experience that we’ll never forget and we proceeded to take the bus that would take us back to Kourou. On the way back to Kourou, we stopped to do a short walk in the forest, regard the amazing river view from Roura village and have lunch there. Once arrived in Kourou and before getting the hotel, we stopped in a souvenir shop where we were able to shop all kind of wood handmade products characteristics from French Guiana. In the evening we had a dinner at Hotel des Roches with attendance of two ESA personalities. This was a great opportunity for all of us as we were able to share opinions with them and get some suggestions for our professional future. Guiana Space Center (CSG) Jérôme H. Every space enthusiast has already seen the live broadcast of an Ariane launch and probably knows the Jupiter building with its mission control quite well from the TV screen. That’s why it was a special feeling being right there and standing just behind the lectern from where the DDO (Operations Director) always holds his famous speech after each launch. ...The perfect location to be officially welcomed on the site by the Director of the CSG and the Head of ESA at the CSG - what an honor! The sight seeing of the ELA4, the launch pad for Europe’s new A6 launcher was quite amazing for all of us. The fact that the launch pad is still under construction and for the moment not even half finished, allowed us to see the massive complex that will be hidden in the ground in the future. Not only the base thickness and reinforcements were amazing to look at, but also to view how a site this huge pops out of the ground in “the middle of the jungle”. From our point we’ve also seen from far the future assembly building for the Ariane 6, which resembles rather the Soyouz-integration building, as both launchers are or will be integrated horizontally in contrast to the rest of the Ariane rocket family which was integrated always vertically so far. Photo: ELA4 launch pad for Europe's new A6 launcher under construction Back in the bus, we headed towards Sinnamary. But before having lunch offered by CNES, in a beautiful restaurant by the river, we got a super interesting and detailed guided tour on the Soyous integration and freshly repainted launch complex by an on spot working engineer. In opposite to the other operating launch pads we really got an in depth view on this one, since we could go very close and ask all the technical questions we always wanted to ask. It is inspiring to see everything associated to this old, but very well designed launcher for which the engineers found many simple and robust solutions to complex problems - something we Europeans, as technically playful as we are, should always keep in mind. Photos: Soyous launch pad We were also very lucky for our tour through the integration building, as we could see a prepared Soyous launcher inside and could stay with no hurry because there was no campaign to that time. Having two participants already working as young engineers in the satellite preparation at the CSG, we got a special guided tour through the S5, the biggest satellite preparation building, by our friends Jean- Frédérique and Kevin. They showed us their working environment, explained the processes, carried out during campaigns and told us some interesting stories - thanks a lot again! Finally we dressed up and entered the clean room in which the customers normally prepare their satellites. Back in the sun, they also showed us a huge satellite container, connected to one of the clean rooms. Also this super heavy transporter can be moved by a few people, just like the satellite carriers in the building, thanks to an air cushion mechanism. Jean-Frédéric: This day was also the opportunity for my colleague Kévin and I to present and to make the visit of the biggest Payloads Processing Facility (Ensemble de Préparation Charges-Utiles - EPCU), the S5. This building is composed of 3 buildings linked to each other by two corridors : ● S5C : includes CSG personnel and customers offices, technical supports, but also 2 clean rooms used during the « Payload Preparation Facility - PPF » phase. All non hazardous operations will be held in this building (RF tests, pressurization tests, Xenon or other gases loadings, mechanical fitcheck, solar arrays deployment, etc.) ● S5A & S5B : are used during the « Hazardous Preparation Facility - HPF » phase, it means that the spacecraft will be loaded with propellants in these fueling halls. ● S5D : Is the decontamination & refurbishment of all « Fuel Ground Support Equipment - FGSE » building. The RMCU is the customer’s main interface during the campaign in the EPCU, he coordinates and plan activities, provide supports to the customer, manage the planning, etc. What surprises the most our visitors each time, is the huge size of these clean rooms (ISO 8 cleanliness class), reminder ESA’s ATV was the biggest Cargo supplier of the ISS (weight more than 20t at launch on ARIANE 5-ES ATV) and the S5 has been built to carry out such sizing spacecrafts. Photo: Group in front of clean room Jérôme C.: As young professional working on the Ariane 6 program, the meet & greet dinner offered by Arianespace in Kourou was a real chance. To be able to exchange with the Deputy Head of Arianespace on his experience (more than thirty years in the space field in Kourou) allowed me to ask him questions on his career.
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