Tag: Ariane 5
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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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Ariane 5 launch delayed to replace cryogenic fluid connector
File photo of the cryogenic fueling arms attached to an Ariane 5 rocket before a launch earlier this year. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon The next launch of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket has been delayed from Wednesday after engineers encountered a problem with a cryogenic fuel connector, Arianespace said…
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Record double-satellite payload mated to Ariane 5 for launch next week
The EchoStar 18 broadcast satellite for DISH Network is lowered onto its Ariane 5 attach fitting May 13. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A new communications satellite to beam television channels to millions of DISH Network subscribers in the United States and the first spacecraft dedicated to support banking…
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Communications satellite launched to cover Rio Olympics
An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 0520 GMT (12:20 a.m. EST) Wednesday with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin If you plan to watch athletes compete on the track or in the water during this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Ariane 5 successfully launches Eutelsat 65 West A
Arianespace has conducted its second Ariane 5 launch of the year with the lofting of the Eutelsat 65 West A relay satellite. Following a rare single passenger launch to kick off 2016, the Ariane 5 was again tasked with launching one large bird as opposed to the usual dual passenger mission. Lift-off occurred at 05:20…
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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…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 successful in middle-of-the-night launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Ariane 5 moved to launch zone with powerhouse Eutelsat satellite
The Ariane 5 rocket set for liftoff Wednesday rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Monday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon An Ariane 5 rocket topped by a heavyweight communications satellite for Eutelsat emerged from its hangar in French Guiana on Monday for a railroad ride…
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ViaSat trades in Falcon Heavy launch for Ariane 5
Artist’s concept of a Falcon Heavy rocket at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX Delays in the debut of SpaceX’s huge Falcon Heavy rocket have prompted ViaSat to move the launch of a high-speed Internet communications satellite from the new privately-developed booster to an Ariane 5 flight in early…