Tag: Australia
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Indian rocket launches 31 satellites
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off with 31 satellites. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Thursday and deployed in orbit a hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellite designed to assess vegetation, soil conditions and pollution in rich detail, then maneuvered to a lower altitude to release 30 more smallsats, including reinforcements for Planet and…
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Live coverage: PSLV launches cluster of international satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the HysIS hyperspectral Earth observation satellite and 30 smallsats. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 0400 GMT (11 p.m. EST) and will be available on this page.
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When will Elon Musk update Mars plan? Maybe in September, maybe in Australia
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got a rock-star reception last September at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico when he unveiled his long-promised plan to send scads of settlers to Mars. Now he’s working on a reprise, and it just might be announced at this September’s IAC meeting in Australia. Musk dropped the hint overnight when…
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Photos: Australian, Indian telecom satellites take off on Ariane 5
A late afternoon launch from French Guiana on Wednesday sent two communications satellites into orbit aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket for the Australian and Indian governments. Still and video imagery recorded the powerful 18-story rocket taking off from the tropical space base and climbing into a mostly clear sky on top of 2.9 million…
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Photos: Australian, Indian telecom satellites take off on Ariane 5
A late afternoon launch from French Guiana on Wednesday sent two communications satellites into orbit aboard a European Ariane 5 rocket for the Australian and Indian governments. Still and video imagery recorded the powerful 18-story rocket taking off from the tropical space base and climbing into a mostly clear sky on top of 2.9 million…
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Ariane 5 goes on test run after launching two satellites
The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 2030 GMT (4:30 p.m. EDT; 5:30 p.m. French Guiana time) with the Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18 communications satellites. This view of the launch comes from the Toucan observation deck about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the pad. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG –…
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Ariane 5 goes on test run after launching two satellites
The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 2030 GMT (4:30 p.m. EDT; 5:30 p.m. French Guiana time) with the Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18 communications satellites. This view of the launch comes from the Toucan observation deck about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the pad. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG –…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives on the launch pad
Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites. The journey took about one hour, with heavy-duty…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives on the launch pad
Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile (2.7-kilometer) trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites. The journey took about one hour, with heavy-duty…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Australia, India
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.