Tag: French Guiana
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Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe’s launch base in the Amazon jungle, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for…
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Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe’s launch base in the Amazon jungle, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for…
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Photos: Ariane 5 launcher on the eve of liftoff
A European Ariane 5 rocket sat poised for liftoff on a tropical launch pad Thursday nestled in the edge of the Amazon rainforest of South America. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket, powered by twin solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine, was set for launch at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT) with the…
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Photos: Ariane 5 launcher on the eve of liftoff
A European Ariane 5 rocket sat poised for liftoff on a tropical launch pad Thursday nestled in the edge of the Amazon rainforest of South America. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket, powered by twin solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine, was set for launch at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT) with the…
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Ariane 5 rocket rolled to launch pad with satellites for Brazil, South Korea
An Ariane 5 rocket rolls out to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Wednesday ahead of a liftoff attempt with satellites owned by the Brazilian government and a South Korean telecom company. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A month-and-a-half after a general strike in French…
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Ariane 5 rocket rolled to launch pad with satellites for Brazil, South Korea
An Ariane 5 rocket rolls out to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Wednesday ahead of a liftoff attempt with satellites owned by the Brazilian government and a South Korean telecom company. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A month-and-a-half after a general strike in French…
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Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of SGDC and Koreasat 7
Two European-made communications satellites destined to serve the Brazilian government and commercial customers across Asia are set to ride an Ariane 5 rocket into orbit Thursday. Standing nearly 180 feet (55 meters) tall, the Ariane 5 is scheduled to lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT; 5:31 p.m. French Guiana…
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Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of SGDC and Koreasat 7
Two European-made communications satellites destined to serve the Brazilian government and commercial customers across Asia are set to ride an Ariane 5 rocket into orbit Thursday. Standing nearly 180 feet (55 meters) tall, the Ariane 5 is scheduled to lift off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2031 GMT (4:31 p.m. EDT; 5:31 p.m. French Guiana…
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Launches from Kourou temporarily suspended by social unrest
A barricade outside the Guiana Space Center. Credit: France Guyane The launch an Ariane 5 rocket with Brazilian and Korean communications satellites that was set for this week has been postponed indefinitely after protesters blocked access to the French Guiana spaceport. The heavy-lift launcher was scheduled to lift off Tuesday, but widespread protests and a…
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Third quartet of satellites launched for O3b Networks
The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1837 GMT (1:37 p.m. EST; 3:37 p.m. local time) from the Guiana Space Center on the northern coast of South America. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A Soyuz rocket lifted off from French Guiana on Thursday, launching four satellites owned by O3b Networks…