Tag: Ariane 5

Arianespace took it to the wire during their second attempt to launch two telecommunications satellites via their Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle on Saturday night, following a weather related delay, prior to launching at 22:52 UTC. The attempt came over a month since a fault with a LH2 valve on the vulcain core stage caused a scrub…

Arianespace have launched two telecommunications satellites via their Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. The two passengers – ST-2 and GSAT-8 – are being lofted into their respective transfer orbits from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana – with lift-off on time at the opening of the launch window at 20:38 GMT. Ariane 5 ECA…

Arianespace have concluded their sixth, and final, Ariane 5 ECA launch for 2010, as their workhorse vehicle launched with its dual passengers – Koreasat 6 and Hispasat 1E. High altitude winds resulted in a hold at T-7 minutes, prior to Arianespace announcing they would scrub for 24 hours on Tuesday. Wednesday’s attempt launched at the opening…

Arianespace were back in action on Thursday evening with the dual launch via their Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. The European workhorse lofted the Eutelsat W3B and BSAT-3b telecommunication satellites into their transfer orbits, with lift-off on time at 21:51 GMT – launching from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. However, W3B failed early…

Arianespace have finally launched their second mission of the year via the Ariane 5 ECA, following issues that resulted in two scrubs.  The workhorse launched with the Arabsat 5A and COMS 1 telecommunication satellites from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, during an issue-free countdown, at 9:41pm GMT. Issues: The opening attempt on the 23rd suffered…

Arianespace have finally launched their second mission of the year via the Ariane 5 ECA, following issues that resulted in two scrubs.  The workhorse launched with the Arabsat 5A and COMS 1 telecommunication satellites from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, during an issue-free countdown, at 9:41pm GMT. Issues: The opening attempt on the 23rd suffered…

Arianespace’s delayed opening launch of 2010, with the Astra 3B and COMSATBw 2 satellites, has launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana via the Ariane 5 ECA. Launch was at 10.01pm GMT.  Technical issues delayed the launch from March, before another issue in April caused the rollback and review of the vehicle’s hardware. Launch…

Arianespace have launched their six mission of the year via the latest flight of the Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. The workhorse is carrying the NSS 12 and THOR-6 telecommunication satellites into orbit from the European Spaceport in in French Guiana. Lift-off was on schedule at the start of a 100 minute launch window that opened at…