Tag: Brazil
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Live coverage: Indian PSLV lifts off with 19 satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with Brazil’s Amazonia 1 Earth observation satellite and 18 smaller co-passenger payloads. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Launch Webcast”] [tabby title=”Webcast of Secondary Payload Deployment”] [tabbyending] ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 0430 GMT (11:30 p.m.…
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Indian rocket set for liftoff with Brazilian satellite
Brazil’s Amazonia 1 satellite and 18 co-passengers will rocket into orbit on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle fitted with two strap-on solid rocket boosters. Credit: ISRO A Brazilian satellite designed to track deforestation in the Amazon rainforest will rocket into orbit on top of an Indian launcher late Saturday (U.S. time). A Polar Satellite…
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China launches environmental satellite built in cooperation with Brazil
The sixth in a series of environmental monitoring satellites jointly developed by China and Brazil successfully launched Dec. 20 on top of a Long March 4B rocket. The CBERS 4A Earth observation satellite rode the Long March 4B rocket into a 385-mile-high (620-kilometer) polar sun-synchronous orbit from the Taiyuan space base in northern China’s…
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Spaceflight signs up Brazil for Amazonia-1 satellite launch on Indian rocket in 2020
An artist’s conception shows the Amazonia-1 satellite. (INPE Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s struck one of its biggest deals for a satellite launch with Brazil’s space research institute, focusing on putting the Amazonia-1 satellite into low Earth orbit in mid-2020. The contract was awarded on Tuesday during a ceremony in São José dos Campos, attended by…
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EchoStar, SES satellites enter service after March launches from Cape Canaveral
A forward-facing rocket-mounted camera captured this view of the SES 10 satellite deploying from the Falcon 9 upper stage over Africa about 32 minutes after liftoff March 30. Credit: SpaceX Two communications satellites launched from Cape Canaveral in March aboard Falcon 9 rockets, including a broadcasting craft that lifted off on SpaceX’s first re-flown booster,…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off after short delay
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SGDC and Koreasat 7 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 2015 GMT (4:15 p.m. EDT).
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off after short delay
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SGDC and Koreasat 7 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 2015 GMT (4:15 p.m. EDT).
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Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe’s launch base in the Amazon jungle, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for…
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Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe’s launch base in the Amazon jungle, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for…
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Photos: Ariane 5 launcher on the eve of liftoff
A European Ariane 5 rocket sat poised for liftoff on a tropical launch pad Thursday nestled in the edge of the Amazon rainforest of South America. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket, powered by twin solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine, was set for launch at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT) with the…