Tag: Arianespace
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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…
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Soyuz raised on launch pad in French Guiana for Arianespace’s last flight of 2018
The Soyuz rocket stands on its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – J. Durrenberger A Russian-made Soyuz booster rolled out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday, and hydraulic lifts rotated the launcher vertical in preparation for liftoff Tuesday with the first in…
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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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Moroccan spy satellite launched aboard Vega rocket
A Vega rocket lifts off Tuesday night with the Mohammed VI-B satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A Vega launcher lifted off Tuesday night from a spaceport at the edge of South America’s Amazon rainforest, climbed into orbit on the power of four Italian- and Ukrainian-built rocket stages, and…
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Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with Moroccan spy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the Mohammed VI-B reconnaissance satellite for the government of Morocco. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0125 GMT (8:25 p.m. EST), and will be available on this page.
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket conducts Mohammed VI-B launch
Arianespace’s Vega rocket launched the second Moroccan remote-sensing satellite, Mohammed VI-B (MN35-B) 0 building on the footsteps of its twin MN35-A launched also by Vega just over one year ago. Launch occurred at the top of the launch window at 01:42 (UTC) on Wednesday from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. The MOHAMMED VI – B…
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European weather satellite blasts off from French Guiana
A Soyuz rocket blasts off with Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A Russian-built Soyuz rocket launched Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America, boosting Europe’s MetOp-C satellite into orbit to benefit weather forecasters worldwide and closing out a generation…
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Photos: Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite readied for liftoff
A new European weather satellite is ready for launch Tuesday night aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, and these photos illustrate the final weeks of the spacecraft’s launch campaign. The 9,003-pound (4,084-kilogram) MetOp-C weather satellite will launch into a polar orbit roughly 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth to measure key atmospheric variables, data…