Tag: Eutelsat
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Mission events timeline for Falcon 9’s launch for ABS and Eutelsat
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with the ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B communications satellites. Launch is set for 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) on June 15 from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. The satellites will be deployed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit,…
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SpaceX conducts static fire test for Wednesday’s Falcon 9 flight
The ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B satellites will launch in a tandem stack configuration patented by Boeing. Credit: SpaceX Technicians planned to attach two Boeing-built communications satellites to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday, a day after launch controllers fueled the booster and fired its nine Merlin first stage engines in a key…
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SpaceX pencils in July for next Falcon 9 landing at Cape Canaveral
A first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to its first landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in December. Credit: SpaceX The next chance for SpaceX to return a Falcon 9 booster to landing at Cape Canaveral will come in mid-July, when the company plans to launch a Dragon supply ship to the…
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Communications satellite launched to cover Rio Olympics
An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 0520 GMT (12:20 a.m. EST) Wednesday with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin If you plan to watch athletes compete on the track or in the water during this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Photos: Ariane 5 in position for blastoff from Kourou
An Ariane 5 rocket is poised for a rare overnight launch early Wednesday, and these photos show the 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher on the eve of liftoff with a multi-mission Eutelsat communications satellite. The launch at 0520 GMT (12:20 a.m. EST) will mark the 85th flight of an Ariane 5 rocket, and the heavy-lifter’s second mission…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 successful in middle-of-the-night launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Ariane 5 moved to launch zone with powerhouse Eutelsat satellite
The Ariane 5 rocket set for liftoff Wednesday rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Monday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon An Ariane 5 rocket topped by a heavyweight communications satellite for Eutelsat emerged from its hangar in French Guiana on Monday for a railroad ride…
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European communications relay satellite launched by Proton rocket
A commercial satellite designed to broadcast hundreds of television channels across Europe and better link European surveillance satellites and the International Space Station to scientists on the ground took off Friday from Kazakhstan aboard a Proton rocket. The Eutelsat 9B communications satellite carries conventional Ku-band transponders primed to beam television signals to homes and businesses…
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Live coverage: Proton fires into space with Eutelsat 9B
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket with the Eutelsat 9B communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Proton rocket rolled out for launch of Eutelsat satellite
Riding on its side aboard a rail car, a Proton rocket trekked to its launch pad Tuesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with a Eutelsat television broadcast satellite ready for liftoff Friday. The Proton rocket reached Complex 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome early Tuesday, then hydraulic lifts hoisted the rocket vertical before mobile access…