Tag: CSO 2

Check out imagery from Arianespace and the French space agency showing the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Dec. 29 from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz ST-A rocket and Fregat upper stage delivered the French military’s CSO 2 optical reconnaissance satellite to an orbit around 300 miles (480 kilometers) above Earth…

A Soyuz ST-A rocket fires off its launch pad in French Guiana with the CSO 2 spacecraft. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron An optical reconnaissance satellite for the French military took off atop a Soyuz launcher Tuesday, riding the Russian-made rocket from a tropical spaceport in South America into…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the CSO 2 optical reconnaissance satellite for the French military. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 1627 GMT (11:27 a.m. EST) and will be available here. If you appreciate what we…

Artist’s illustration of a CSO satellite. Credit: Airbus A sharp-eyed French military surveillance spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Soyuz rocket Monday from French Guiana into a 300-mile-high orbit, where it will collect the highest-resolution imagery ever produced by a European reconnaissance satellite. A Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket rolled out to its launch pad…