Tag: Arianespace
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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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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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Spy satellite launch on Soyuz rocket begins refresh of French military space capabilities
The Soyuz ST-A rocket lifts off from French Guiana with France’s CSO 1 military observation satellite Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron Launching for the 20th time from the jungle of South America, a Russian-built Soyuz booster rocketed into orbit Wednesday with a new eye in the sky for…
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Arianespace Soyuz ST-A launches with CSO-1
Arianespace conducted its final launch of 2018 on Wednesday, following a scrub – due to strong winds at the launch site – on Tuesday. The launch used a Soyuz rocket to deploy a high-resolution imaging satellite for the French military. Soyuz lifted off from the Centre Spatial Guyanais – near Kourou, French Guiana. Wednesday launch…
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Live coverage: Soyuz lifts off with French spy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the CSO 1 optical surveillance satellite for the French military. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 1617 GMT (11:17 a.m. EST) and will be available here. If you appreciate what we…