Tag: ArianeGroup
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Ariane 5 rocket returning to hangar for sensor swap
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with new launch date of Aug. 14. An Ariane 5 rocket stands at the ELA-3 launch zone at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – J. Durrenberger Arianespace is returning an Ariane 5 rocket — loaded with three U.S.-built satellites — back to its final assembly building…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 launch scrubbed by sensor problem
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Galaxy 30 and BSAT-4b communications satellites, and Northrop Grumman’s second Mission Extension Vehicle for satellite servicing. 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…
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Ariane 5 to test modified fairing for JWST, hardware for new range safety system
The payload shroud containing three commercial satellites on top of the Ariane 5 rocket for launch Friday includes modifications needed for the launch in late 2021 of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Engineers plan to test small modifications to a payload shroud on a…
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NASA announces seven-month launch delay for JWST
The James Webb Space Telescope inside Northrop Grumman’s test facility in Redondo Beach, California, earlier this month. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA officials said Thursday the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed seven months to Oct. 31, 2021, a schedule slip that takes into account work slowdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic…
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Three U.S.-built satellites in French Guiana for Ariane 5 launch
Northrop Grumman’s second Mission Extension Vehicle and Intelsat’s Galaxy 30 communications satellite were shipped from Dulles, Virginia, to French Guiana, in late June. Credit: Northrop Grumman The next flight of Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket, set for July 28 from French Guiana, will carry a record payload of three multi-ton satellites toward geostationary orbit, including…
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Arianespace to resume launch preparations in French Guiana
Europe’s primary launch site is the Guiana Space Center, located in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – L. Boyer Targeting a pair of satellite launches in June and July, ground teams will resume work at the Guiana Space Center in South America…
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Scientists optimistic planetary probes won’t face coronavirus launch delays
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated to correct spelling of Hal Levison’s name. Artist’s concept of the Lucy spacecraft flying by Trojan asteroids. Credit: NASA/SWRI Launches of interplanetary missions can only depart Earth when the positions of the planets are just right, and officials managing the development of probes set for launch in 2021 and 2022 to explore asteroids…
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Ariane 5 deploys communications and environmental monitoring satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from French Guiana at 2218 GMT (5:18 p.m. EST; 7:18 p.m. local time) Tuesday with the JCSAT 17 and GEO-Kompsat 2B satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A Japanese-owned communications satellite built in Colorado and a South Korean environmental monitoring observatory shared an…
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Live coverage: Japanese and South Korean satellites launch on Ariane 5 rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the JCSAT 17 communications satellite and the GEO-Kompsat 2B environmental monitoring 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…
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Photos: Ariane 5’s fiery climb to space from French Guiana
A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into a gloomy sky Thursday over French Guiana and streaked into space from the tropical launch base with 2.9 million pounds of thrust from two solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine. Imagery released by Arianespace and CNES — operator of the Ariane 5 rocket and…