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Ariane 5 succeeds in launch of two high-value communications satellites
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – G. Barbaste A pair of ViaSat and Eutelsat communications satellites — one to broadcast unparalleled high-speed Internet from space, and another to connect the Asia-Pacific — streaked into space Thursday from French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket, setting records for the heaviest and most valuable…
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Launch timeline for Ariane 5’s flight with ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B
An Ariane 5 rocket will fire into the sky from French Guiana Thursday evening and deliver a record heavyweight payload to orbit less than an hour later. The nearly 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher will blast off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2345 GMT (7:45 p.m. EDT; 8:45 p.m. French Guiana time) on its third flight of…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches on record-breaking mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 2330 GMT (7:30 p.m. EDT).
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Two high-power broadband satellites set for record-breaking launch on Ariane 5 rocket
The Ariane 5 rocket arrived at its launch pad in French Guiana on Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – J. Durrenberger A pair of innovative satellites for ViaSat and Eutelsat, valued at approximately $800 million, are scheduled to lift off Thursday on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana, hauling the…
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Photos: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket begins flight with Inmarsat satellite
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off for its sixth flight of the year Monday from launch pad 39A in Florida, lofting an Inmarsat mobile broadband communications satellite to an orbit more than 40,000 miles above Earth. The Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite is en route to a circular geostationary orbit, where it will expand coverage provided…
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Fourth satellite for Inmarsat’s global broadband network launched by SpaceX
Updated at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) May 16 with orbit figures. Credit: SpaceX A Boeing-built satellite on the way to join Inmarsat’s globe-spanning network geared to beam Internet and data transmission capacity to airline passengers, maritime crews and military personnel flew into orbit Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard an expendable…
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Video: Press site view of Falcon 9’s Monday evening takeoff
Check out a replay of Monday evening’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this video recorded from the Launch Complex 39 Press Site around three miles from the pad. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launcher lifted off from pad 39A at 7:21 p.m. EDT (2321 GMT) Monday with the Inmarsat…
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Watch a replay of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch with Inmarsat 5 F4
Miss Monday night’s launch from Kennedy Space Center? Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 rocket taking off with the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite, a heavyweight spacecraft designed to link airliners, ships and others on-the-go via broadband. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket took off at 7:21 p.m. EDT (2321 GMT) with the 13,417-pound…
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Live coverage: SpaceX succeeds in commercial satellite launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Live coverage: SpaceX succeeds in commercial satellite launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.