Tag: Eutelsat 8 West B
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Ariane rocket’s 225th flight in pictures
The 81st flight of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket delivered two satellites to geostationary orbit Thursday for Eutelsat and Intelsat, and these photos show the launcher taking off with nearly 3 million pounds of thrust. The launch marked the Ariane 5’s fourth flight of the year, and the 225th mission for Europe’s Ariane rocket family since…
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Eutelsat, Intelsat spacecraft deployed by Ariane 5
The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 2034 GMT (4:34 p.m. EDT) after a brief hold in the countdown. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A hefty European-built satellite destined to broadcast high-definition television to the Middle East and a U.S.-made relay station programmed to serve Latin America and North Atlantic…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches TV broadcast satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 8 West B and Intelsat 34 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Ariane 5 ready to fly
Check out photos of Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher in the starting blocks at its tropical spaceport awaiting liftoff with two commercial television relay stations. The launch from French Guiana is set for Thursday at 2010 GMT (4:10 p.m. EDT) carrying satellites into orbit for Eutelsat and Intelsat. It will be the 81st flight of an…
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Ariane 5 rolled out for fourth launch of the year
An Ariane 5 rocket reaches the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, during rollout Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Ground crews towed a towering Ariane 5 rocket to its launch pad in French Guiana on Wednesday for final flight preparations before Thursday’s launch with spacecraft for two of…