Tag: Embratel Star One
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Arianespace wins launch contracts from Inmarsat, Embratel Star One
File photo of an Ariane 5 rocket’s core stage being lifted into position on a mobile launch platform at its launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon The London-based mobile telecom provider Inmarsat and the Brazilian satellite operator Embratel Star One have selected Arianespace’s Ariane…
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Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flight
The Ariane 5 rocket’s 90th launch Wednesday carried two communications satellites to orbit to join the fleets of Embratel Star One and SKY Perfect JSAT, regional space-based telecom providers in Brazil and Japan. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket blasted off at 2030 GMT (3:30 p.m. EST; 5:30 p.m. French Guiana time) Wednesday from the European-run Guiana…
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Watch Ariane 5 launch with Star One D1 and JCSAT 15
Watch a replay of the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana carrying the Star One D1 and JCSAT-15 communications satellites. Video: Arianespace.
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Brazilian and Japanese communications satellites launched by Ariane 5 rocket
Closing out a banner year of launches, an Ariane 5 rocket thundered into space Wednesday from French Guiana with two commercial communications satellites manufactured in California to expand television and broadband access in Latin America and broadcast television programming in Japan. The seventh Ariane 5 flight of the year took off at 2030 GMT (3:30…
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Photos: Ariane 5’s journey to the launch pad
Topped with Brazilian and Japanese television broadcasting satellites, an Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday, a day before its scheduled blastoff on the way to geostationary transfer orbit. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket emerged from its final assembly building behind a diesel-powered Titan tug Tuesday morning for the…
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Last Ariane 5 flight of the year cleared for launch
The Swiss-built payload fairing for the Ariane 5 rocket is seen before encapsulation of the Star One D1 and JCSAT 15 satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Arianespace officials have approved the rollout and launch of the final Ariane 5 flight of the year, set to blast off Wednesday…
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Live coverage: Two satellites blast off on Ariane 5
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Star One C4 communications satellite and Europe’s MSG 4 weather observatory. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Next Ariane 5 launch reset for July 15
The Star One C4 communications satellite is lifted atop the Ariane 5 rocket’s Sylda dual-payload adapter June 26. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon An Ariane 5 rocket launch with a Brazilian television broadcasting satellite and a European weather observatory has been rescheduled for July 15 after technicians double-checked one of…