Tag: Ariane 5
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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…
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Ariane 5 launches Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 and GSAT 31
Ariane 5 opened her 2019 campaign on Tuesday with the dual passenger launch of two telecommunications satellites, Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 and GSAT 31. Liftoff from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana occurred on schedule at the start of a 61 minute launch window that opened at 21:01 UTC. Flight VA247 launched from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 launches satellites for Saudi Arabia and India
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Hellas-Sat 4/Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1 communications craft and the Indian GSAT 31 telecom satellite. 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…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 launches satellites for Saudi Arabia and India
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Hellas-Sat 4/Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1 communications craft and the Indian GSAT 31 telecom satellite. 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…
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Arianespace preps for first of up to 13 launches in French Guiana this year
The Hellas-Sat 4/SGS 1 communications satellite during encapsulation inside the Ariane 5’s payload fairing in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A European Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled for blastoff Tuesday from a jungle launch pad in South America with two geostationary telecom payloads — one owned by…
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Arianespace preps for first of up to 13 launches in French Guiana this year
The Hellas-Sat 4/SGS 1 communications satellite during encapsulation inside the Ariane 5’s payload fairing in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A European Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled for blastoff Tuesday from a jungle launch pad in South America with two geostationary telecom payloads — one owned by…
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Ariane 5 launches India’s biggest satellite, South Korean weather observer
An Ariane 5 rocket launched from the Guiana Space Center in South America at 2037 GMT (3:37 p.m. EST) Tuesday carrying the GSAT 11 and GEO-Kompsat 2A satellites into orbit. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron An Ariane 5 rocket fired off a launch pad in French Guiana Tuesday with…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches satellites for India, South Korea
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the GSAT 11 communications satellite and the GEO-Kompsat 2A weather satellite. 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…
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Ariane 5 launches two satellites on 7-year voyage to Mercury
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A powerful European Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana late Friday and boosted a pair of satellites into space for a seven-year plunge into the inner solar system, a voyage requiring seven planetary flybys to slow down enough in the sun’s gravitational…
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Photos: BepiColombo stacked for launch to Mercury
The BepiColombo spacecraft is pictured in launch configuratin shortly before stacking atop the Ariane 5 rocket in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Ground crews at the Guiana Space Center in South America have spent the last few months preparing the BepiColombo spacecraft, a tandem mission with European…