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Launch timeline for the Ariane 5 rocket’s 87th flight
An Ariane 5 rocket will fire into the sky from French Guiana just after sunset Wednesday and deliver nearly 12 tons of payload to an orbit reaching 22,000 miles up less than a half-hour later. The nearly 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher will blast off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2155 GMT (5:55 p.m. EDT; 6:55 p.m.…
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Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload
The Intelsat 33e satellite is seen during launch preparations in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Launch managers in French Guiana on Monday approved plans to loft two U.S.-built communications for Intelsat aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday. The launch readiness review Monday gave the “go” for launch…
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Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight
Artist’s illustration of the Ariane 64 rocket version, with four solid rocket boosters. Credit: ESA–David Ducros, 2016 Europe’s top rocket contractor is pressing ahead with development of the Ariane 6 rocket, a versatile launcher with half the cost of Europe’s current Ariane 5 booster, keeping the new vehicle on track for its 2020 debut. The…
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Intelsat confident in Ariane 5 to launch two critical satellites
The Intelsat 33e (left) and Intelsat 36 (right) satellites undergo launch preparations at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: Arianespace Two Intelsat communications craft are in French Guiana getting configured for a dual-launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Aug. 24, the first time the global satellite operator has put two of its payloads on the same…
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Imagery of the Ariane 5’s blazing blastoff at sunset in the jungle
The Ariane 5 rocket’s weekend launch from French Guiana set a weight record and produced stunning imagery as the powerful 180-foot-tall (55-meter) booster soared into space backdropped by the colorful orange hues of sunset on the edge of the Amazon jungle. Lifting off a few minutes before sunset Saturday at 6:38 p.m. local time (2138…
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Ariane 5 rocket hoists record commercial payload into orbit
An Ariane 5 rocket took off at 2138 GMT (5:38 p.m. EDT; 6:38 p.m. French Guiana time) Saturday from the Guiana Space Center. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron Two U.S.-built communications satellites for Dish Network television subscribers and Indonesian banking customers fired into orbit from French Guiana aboard an…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 lifts off with two U.S.-built satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the EchoStar 18 and BRIsat communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Ariane 5 on the launch pad for heavy-lift mission
An Ariane 5 rocket is counting down to a second launch attempt Saturday to carry two communications satellites into space for DISH Network and Indonesian banking customers, taking the heaviest payload ever launched into geostationary transfer orbit. Unfavorable upper level winds kept the 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket grounded Friday, but Arianespace targeted another launch opportunity Saturday…
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Ariane 5 rocket rolls to launch pad for liftoff Friday
The Ariane 5 rocket arrives at the ELA-3 launch pad Thursday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon The third Ariane 5 flight of the year is on track for a late afternoon liftoff Friday from French Guiana with two U.S.-built communications satellites to broadcast television channels to millions of DISH…
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Photos: Ariane 5 in position for blastoff from Kourou
An Ariane 5 rocket is poised for a rare overnight launch early Wednesday, and these photos show the 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher on the eve of liftoff with a multi-mission Eutelsat communications satellite. The launch at 0520 GMT (12:20 a.m. EST) will mark the 85th flight of an Ariane 5 rocket, and the heavy-lifter’s second mission…