Tag: broadband
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 launches telecom satellites for Eutelsat, ISRO
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT 30 communication satellites. 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 on this page.
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Arianespace opens busy year with successful Ariane 5 launch
An Ariane 5 rocket fires away from the ELA-3 launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, Thursday with the Eutelsat Connect and GSAT 30 communications satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon The first of up to 22 launches on Arianespace’s schedule in 2020 successfully delivered a commercial European broadband satellite…
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New European satellite design to debut on Ariane 5 launch Thursday
The Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT 30 communications satellites rolled to its launch pad in French Guiana on Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A broadband communications satellite for Paris-based Eutelsat — built on a new Thales Alenia Space all-electric design with xenon plasma thrusters…
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SpaceX’s brisk Starlink launch cadence to continue next week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 17 with new launch date of Jan. 21. Updated Jan. 18 with Crew Dragon abort test delay to Jan. 19. File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket inside the company’s hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett SpaceX plans to launch its next group of Starlink broadband…
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SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, tests design change for astronomers
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks downrange to the northeast from Cape Canaveral Monday night with 60 Starlink satellites for the company’s planned global Internet network. Credit: SpaceX Sixty more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink global Internet network streaked into orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral, including one spacecraft to test an experimental dark coating to address…
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SpaceX launches third batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, reviving concerns
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its launch pad, sending Starlink satellites into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX sent a fresh batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites into orbit tonight on a Falcon 9 rocket, executing a mission that aims to give the California-based company the world’s biggest commercial satellite constellation. When added to the…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches on first mission of 2020
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s third batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now members can watch a live feed of the launch pad. Our live…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of record-setting Starlink launch
The Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch SpaceX’s third batch of Starlink broadband satellites was test-fired Jan. 4 at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday at Cape Canaveral, two days before a scheduled launch Monday with 60 Starlink broadband relay stations that will make SpaceX the owner of…
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Good weather predicted for Cape Canaveral’s first launch of 2020
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Forecasters predict near-ideal weather conditions Monday night for the first launch at Cape Canaveral this year, when SpaceX plans to send another 60 Starlink broadband satellites into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The 60 small satellites…
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SpaceX poised to accelerate launch cadence with series of Starlink missions
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX teams across the United States are readying for what the company’s chief operating officer predicts will be a record number of launches in 2020. Before the end of January, SpaceX aims to perform four Falcon 9 launches from…