Tag: GEOStar 3
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SpaceX rocket flies on 60th anniversary of first U.S. satellite launch
A Falcon 9 rocket takes off Wednesday with the GovSat 1 satellite. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher boosted a 4.7-ton military-grade communications satellite for SES and the Luxembourg government toward a perch 22,300 miles over the equator following a spectacular late afternoon liftoff Tuesday from Florida’s Space Coast, clearing the last mission off…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with GovSat 1
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the GovSat 1 communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:25 p.m.…
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SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 launch to replace second stage sensor
The Falcon 9 rocket set to deliver the GovSat 1 communications satellite to orbit stands vertical at launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s launch director halted a countdown Tuesday to replace a sensor on the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket set to blast off with the…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with GovSat 1
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the GovSat 1 communications satellite for SES and the government of Luxembourg. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Photos: European Ariane 5 rocket climbs into space from French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket soared into orbit from French Guiana on Jan. 25 with the commercial SES 14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellite, but the launcher missed its mark and released the telecom craft into an unplanned orbit. Officials from SES and Yahsat, the companies which own the two payloads, said their satellites will…
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Luxembourg-backed telecom craft set for launch on reused Falcon 9 rocket
The GovSat 1 satellite pictured at its Orbital ATK factory in Dulles, Virginia. Credit: GovSat A communications satellite developed in a public-private partnership between Luxembourg government and SES is set for launch Tuesday aboard a previously-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral, ready for a 15-year mission beaming encrypted, jam-resistant signals for security and…
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Video: Ariane 5 makes a smooth blastoff before mission runs into trouble
A 180-foot-tall (55-meter) Ariane 5 rocket climbed into space from French Guiana on Thursday evening, but the mission ran into problems a few minutes later. The launch was supposed to deliver the SES 14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites into a supersynchronous transfer orbit arcing as high as 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) above Earth.…
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Ariane 5 deploys two telecom satellites in orbit despite telemetry loss
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1300 GMT (8 a.m. EST) Jan. 26 with SES statement. An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off Thursday from French Guiana. Credit: Arianespace KOUROU, French Guiana — A European Ariane 5 rocket took off from French Guiana and delivered two commercial communications satellites and a NASA scientific package to orbit Thursday after…
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Probe into off-target Ariane 5 launch begins, SES and Yahsat payloads healthy
An Ariane 5 rocket climbs away from Kourou, French Guiana, with the SES 14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now KOUROU, French Guiana — Arianespace will convene an independent inquiry board chaired by a top European Space Agency official to investigate why an Ariane 5 rocket flew off course Thursday night…
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Video: Arianespace chief Stephane Israel announces launch anomaly
Arianespace chief executive Stephane Israel announced an anomaly occurred during Thursday’s flight of an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, shortly after the launcher’s second stage engine ignited. The Ariane 5 lifted off at 2220 GMT (5:20 p.m. EST; 7:20 p.m. French Guiana time), but the ground team lost contact with the rocket a…