Integration of the Separation and Distancing Cylinder (SDC) on the Ariane 5 launcher for the spacecraft ATV-5, on 24 June 2014, in the BAF (Final Assembly Building). The SDC forms the lower part of the Separation and Distancing Module (SDM), which provides the mechanical interface with Ariane 5 and ATV’s separation and distancing from the launcher.
ESA’s fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle, Georges Lemaître, will deliver more than 2600 kg of dry cargo to the International Space Station; its launch is set for summer 2014 on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.