Tag: Ariane 5
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Second node ready to join European laser relay network
The EDRS C spacecraft undergoes testing at an Airbus Defense and Space facility. Credit: ESA – S. Corvaja A German-built satellite designed to relay data between other orbiting spacecraft and ground stations using laser beams is set for launch in tandem with an Intelsat communications craft Tuesday from Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 5…
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Arianespace press onward with dual-passenger Ariane 5 launch
Despite an unfortunate launch failure that occurred last month, Arianespace successfully conducted its next flight of their Ariane 5 launch vehicle with two geostationary telecommunications/data relay satellites in EDRS-C and Intelsat 39. Tuesday’s launch took place from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA-3) at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The 47-minute launch occurred…
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Ariane 5 launch delayed in aftermath of Vega failure
The first stage for the next Ariane 5 launch is prepared for stacking on top off a mobile launch table inside the launcher integration building at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin The next flight of an Ariane 5 rocket, previously set for next week, has…
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Two commercial broadcast satellites launched on Ariane 5 rocket
An Ariane 5 rocket takes off Thursday night with AT&T’s T-16 and the Eutelsat 7C commercial communications satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A pair of television broadcast satellites for AT&T and Eutelsat rocketed into orbit Thursday evening, riding a European Ariane 5 launcher into space in a spectacular…
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Ariane 5 launches AT&T T-16 and Eutelsat 7C
Ariane 5 returned to action on Thursday with the dual passenger launch of two telecommunications satellites, AT&T T-16 and Eutelsat 7C. Liftoff from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana occurred on schedule at the start of a 47 minute launch window that opened at 21:43 UTC. Flight VA248 launched from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 successful in dual-payload launch from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the AT&T T-16 and Eutelsat 7C communication satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast will begin approximately 15 minutes before launch and will be available on this page.
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Ariane 5 rocket arrives at launch pad with two TV broadcast satellites
The Ariane 5 rocket arrives at the ELA-3 launch zone Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A European-built Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to a launch pad in the South American jungle Wednesday with a pair of commercial television broadcast satellites for AT&T and Eutelsat, setting the stage for…
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ESA books launch of Jupiter orbiter with Arianespace
Artist’s illustration of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, spacecraft during a flyby of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Credit: ESA The European Space Agency has reserved an Ariane launcher to send a spacecraft toward Jupiter in May 2022, and the mission’s project manager said Tuesday officials could assign the probe to Europe’s new Ariane 6…
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Watch a spectacular slow-motion replay of last week’s Ariane 5 launch
Arianespace and CNES, the French space agency, have released sensational slow-motion video from shielded engineering cameras at the Ariane 5 rocket’s launch pad in French Guiana, showing the launcher’s fiery evening takeoff Feb. 5 with communications satellites for Saudi Arabia and India. The nearly 18-story-tall Ariane 5 lifted off at 6:01 p.m. local time (2101…
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Arianespace opens busy 2019 manifest with dual-satellite Ariane 5 launch
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Two communications satellites owned by Saudi Arabian and Indian operators rocketed into orbit Tuesday on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket, the first of up to 13 launches planned from French Guiana this year. The 167-foot-tall (51-meter) Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at…