Tag: Arianespace
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Faulty bracket leaves Norwegian satellite grounded
Artist’s concept of the Norsat 1 microsatellite in orbit. Credit: ESA/T. Abrahamsen Officials from the Norwegian Space Center are looking for another launch opportunity for a microsatellite designed to track ship traffic and study space weather after engineers determined it could not safely be attached to a Soyuz rocket set for liftoff Friday. Officials decided…
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Cluster of satellites meets Soyuz launcher in French Guiana
The three-stage Soyuz rocket rolled out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday, three days before liftoff. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Five European satellites packaged inside an aerodynamic fairing have joined a Soyuz rocket its launch pad in the French Guiana jungle for a roaring ride…
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Florida factory to mass-produce satellites at record pace
Artist’s concept of the OneWeb factory at Exploration Park, Florida. Credit: OneWeb OneWeb officials Tuesday unveiled plans for a factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will churn out up to 15 satellites per week to populate low Earth orbit and beam broadband Internet signals worldwide. Repurposing aircraft assembly…
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SpaceX hopes to sell used Falcon 9 boosters for as low as $40 million
The Falcon 9 first stage booster recovered after a Dec. 21 launch at Cape Canaveral is seen inside SpaceX’s hangar in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX intends to cut the price of a Falcon 9 rocket launch by up to 30 percent when flying with reused first stage boosters, an achievement the company still hopes to…
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Communications satellite launched to cover Rio Olympics
An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 0520 GMT (12:20 a.m. EST) Wednesday with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin If you plan to watch athletes compete on the track or in the water during this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Photos: Ariane 5 in position for blastoff from Kourou
An Ariane 5 rocket is poised for a rare overnight launch early Wednesday, and these photos show the 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher on the eve of liftoff with a multi-mission Eutelsat communications satellite. The launch at 0520 GMT (12:20 a.m. EST) will mark the 85th flight of an Ariane 5 rocket, and the heavy-lifter’s second mission…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 successful in middle-of-the-night launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Ariane 5 moved to launch zone with powerhouse Eutelsat satellite
The Ariane 5 rocket set for liftoff Wednesday rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Monday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon An Ariane 5 rocket topped by a heavyweight communications satellite for Eutelsat emerged from its hangar in French Guiana on Monday for a railroad ride…
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Arianespace adds 12th launch to this year’s manifest
File photo of a Soyuz launch from French Guiana with two satellites for the Galileo navigation system. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – G. Barbaste Arianespace will fit in a launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana in May to deliver two more European Galileo navigation satellites to orbit, giving the…
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ViaSat trades in Falcon Heavy launch for Ariane 5
Artist’s concept of a Falcon Heavy rocket at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX Delays in the debut of SpaceX’s huge Falcon Heavy rocket have prompted ViaSat to move the launch of a high-speed Internet communications satellite from the new privately-developed booster to an Ariane 5 flight in early…