Tag: Arabsat 6B
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Rewatch the Ariane 5’s spectacular sunset liftoff
Watch multi-angle video replays of Tuesday’s blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from the jungles of South America carrying two communications satellite for Arabsat and the Indian Space Research Organization. The liftoff occurred at 2134 GMT (4:34 p.m. EST; 6:34 p.m. local time), just after sunset at the French Guiana space center, on the Ariane…
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Arab and Indian satellites fly aboard Ariane 5
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A European Ariane 5 rocket, burning a cryogenic mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, thundered into the sky over French Guiana at dusk Tuesday with two communications relay satellites to serve the Arab world and India. Like clockwork, the rocket lit its liquid-fueled Vulcain…
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Photos: Ariane 5 counting down to liftoff
Launch crews rolled out a nearly 180-foot-tall Ariane 5 rocket to its launch pad Monday in a final major step before liftoff with the Arabsat 6B and GSAT 15 communications satellites to broadcast television, broadband and other telecom services across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and India. Pulled by a heavy-duty Titan tug along…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 soars into space from Kourou
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Arabsat 6B and GSAT 15 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Launch managers sign off on final Ariane 5 flight of 2015
A team member working on the next Ariane 5 flight signs the rocket’s payload fairing ahead of Tuesday’s liftoff. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A launch readiness review Friday cleared an Ariane 5 rocket for liftoff Tuesday with two communications satellites for Arabsat and India, the first three missions from…