Tag: Ariane 5
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Ariane 5 conducts dual payload launch out of CSG
Following the interruption of a “social movement” that effectively shut down the Arianespace base of launch operations, the company launched its third mission in the space of less than a month. Liftoff of the Ariane 5 – carrying ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat 172B – took place at the opening of a one hour window, with the…
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James Webb Space Telescope shipped to Texas for its biggest test yet
The primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope pictured at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn The centerpiece of the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for a three-month test to ensure the observatory’s sensors and gold-coated mirrors work in the frigid…
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Ariane 5 returns to action with SGDC and Koreasat-7 launch
Arianespace returned to action on Thursday with the long-awaited launch of its Ariane 5 rocket – following a delay caused by a local “social movement”. Ariane 5 lofted the SGDC and Koreasat-7 satellites from the European Spaceport in Kourou, deep into the launch window at 21:50 GMT. A late fuel load and a telementry based…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off after short delay
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SGDC and Koreasat 7 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 2015 GMT (4:15 p.m. EDT).
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off after short delay
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SGDC and Koreasat 7 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 2015 GMT (4:15 p.m. EDT).
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Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe’s launch base in the Amazon jungle, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for…
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Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe’s launch base in the Amazon jungle, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for…
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Photos: Ariane 5 launcher on the eve of liftoff
A European Ariane 5 rocket sat poised for liftoff on a tropical launch pad Thursday nestled in the edge of the Amazon rainforest of South America. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket, powered by twin solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine, was set for launch at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT) with the…
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Photos: Ariane 5 launcher on the eve of liftoff
A European Ariane 5 rocket sat poised for liftoff on a tropical launch pad Thursday nestled in the edge of the Amazon rainforest of South America. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket, powered by twin solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine, was set for launch at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT) with the…
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Ariane 5 rocket rolled to launch pad with satellites for Brazil, South Korea
An Ariane 5 rocket rolls out to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Wednesday ahead of a liftoff attempt with satellites owned by the Brazilian government and a South Korean telecom company. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A month-and-a-half after a general strike in French…