Tag: Airbus Defense and Space
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Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with Moroccan spy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the Mohammed VI-B reconnaissance satellite for the government of Morocco. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0125 GMT (8:25 p.m. EST), and will be available on this page.
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European weather satellite blasts off from French Guiana
A Soyuz rocket blasts off with Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A Russian-built Soyuz rocket launched Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America, boosting Europe’s MetOp-C satellite into orbit to benefit weather forecasters worldwide and closing out a generation…
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Photos: Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite readied for liftoff
A new European weather satellite is ready for launch Tuesday night aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, and these photos illustrate the final weeks of the spacecraft’s launch campaign. The 9,003-pound (4,084-kilogram) MetOp-C weather satellite will launch into a polar orbit roughly 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth to measure key atmospheric variables, data…
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket launches from French Guiana with weather satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the European MetOp-C weather satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 0027 GMT (7:27 p.m. EST) and will be available here. If you appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a…
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Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of European weather satellite
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A Russian-built Soyuz booster arrived at its tropical launch pad in South America on Friday and was joined with a European weather satellite for launch Tuesday night. The MetOp-C…
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British Earth-imaging satellites ride Indian rocket into orbit
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 1638 GMT (12:38 p.m. EDT) Sunday with the NovaSAR 1 and SSTL S1-4 satellites on-board. Credit: ISRO Two British-built reconnaissance satellites, one designed to test new radar imaging technology and another to collect high-resolution optical imagery, arrived in orbit Sunday after a successful liftoff aboard an…
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Live coverage: Two British satellites launch from India
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the British NovaSAR 1 and SSTL S1-4 Earth observation satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 1600 GMT (12 p.m. EDT) and will be available on this page. If you appreciate what we…
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Pioneering European winds observatory launched aboard Vega rocket
A Vega rocket lifted off Wednesday from French Guiana with the European Space Agency’s Aeolus Earth science mission. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A European satellite hosting a spaceborne laser crafted to measure winds in Earth’s atmosphere rode a Vega launcher into orbit Wednesday from French Guiana, a thundering…
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Live coverage: Vega rocket lifts off with European winds observatory
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the European Space Agency’s Aeolus winds observatory. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s video webcast is scheduled to begin at approximately 2100 GMT (5 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, and will be available on this page.
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Vega launch timeline with Aeolus
The European Space Agency’s Aeolus winds observatory is set for liftoff aboard a Vega rocket to kick off a three-year mission to measure global wind profiles from an orbit nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers) above Earth. The ascent will take nearly an hour following launch from French Guiana at 2120:09 GMT (5:20:09 p.m. EDT; 6:20:09 p.m. French…