Tag: Ariane 5
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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…
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Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of SGDC and Koreasat 7
Two European-made communications satellites destined to serve the Brazilian government and commercial customers across Asia are set to ride an Ariane 5 rocket into orbit Thursday. Standing nearly 180 feet (55 meters) tall, the Ariane 5 is scheduled to lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT; 5:31 p.m. French Guiana…
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Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of SGDC and Koreasat 7
Two European-made communications satellites destined to serve the Brazilian government and commercial customers across Asia are set to ride an Ariane 5 rocket into orbit Thursday. Standing nearly 180 feet (55 meters) tall, the Ariane 5 is scheduled to lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT; 5:31 p.m. French Guiana…
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Operations resume at European-run launch base in French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket set to launch Brazilian and South Korean communications satellites was grounded March 20 when workers began a strike in French Guiana. The rocket is seen here March 2 during a transfer between the spaceport’s launcher integration building and final assembly building. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P.…
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Launches from Kourou temporarily suspended by social unrest
A barricade outside the Guiana Space Center. Credit: France Guyane The launch an Ariane 5 rocket with Brazilian and Korean communications satellites that was set for this week has been postponed indefinitely after protesters blocked access to the French Guiana spaceport. The heavy-lift launcher was scheduled to lift off Tuesday, but widespread protests and a…
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Ariane 5 launch pushed back to Wednesday by labor strikes in Kourou
The Ariane 5’s payload fairing is lowered over the Koreasat 7 satellite March 11. The main thruster of the SGDC communications craft, which will ride in the upper position inside the Ariane 5 fairing, is visible above Koreasat 7. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A work stoppage at the…
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Photos: On-time launch for first Ariane 5 flight of the year
Launching with two communications satellites to broadcast television to Brazilian homes and connect the islands of Indonesia, an Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from a space base at the northern edge of the Amazon jungle Tuesday, the first of seven planned flights by the European-built booster this year. The Ariane 5 ECA, towering 180 feet…
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Brazilian and Indonesian telecom satellites healthy after Ariane 5 launch
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – OV A pair of commercial broadcast satellites on the way to parking spots high above Brazil and Indonesia are safely in orbit after blasting off Tuesday atop an Ariane 5 rocket. The powerful launcher, fitted with a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine and two side-mounted solid…
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Ariane 5 launches SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom-3S satellites
Arianespace conducted its first Ariane 5 launch of the year on Tuesday. The workhorse lofted the SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom-3S satellites from European Spaceport in Kourou, on a ride to a geostationary transfer orbit. The launch occurred at the opening of the launch window at 21:39 UTC. Ariane 5 Launch: This was the first Ariane 5…
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Video: Ariane 5 darts through cloudy skies with Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S
An Ariane 5 rocket climbed into space from French Guiana on Tuesday evening, hauling the Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S communications satellites to orbit on the way to operating posts over Brazil and Indonesia. Firing into an overcast sky just before sunset, the 180-foot-tall (55-meter) Ariane 5 took off on 2.9 million pounds of…