Tag: GSAT 16
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Record pace of Ariane 5 flights planned for 2016
An Ariane 5 rocket rolled from its launcher integration building to the final assembly building in Kourou, French Guiana, on Jan. 8. Ground crews will attach the Intelsat 29e communications satellite to the Ariane 5 rocket for liftoff Jan. 27. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – H. Rouffie Arianespace plans 11 launches…
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Record pace of Ariane 5 flights planned for 2016
An Ariane 5 rocket rolled from its launcher integration building to the final assembly building in Kourou, French Guiana, on Jan. 8. Ground crews will attach the Intelsat 29e communications satellite to the Ariane 5 rocket for liftoff Jan. 27. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – H. Rouffie Arianespace plans 11 launches…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off on commercial flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the DirecTV 14 and GSAT 16 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Ariane 5 sends up satellites for DirecTV, India
Two communications satellites rode an Ariane 5 rocket into space Saturday — one to beam down ultra-sharp television programming into millions of American homes and another craft to give Indian citizens expanded access to information technology. The dual-payload blastoff occurred at 3:40 p.m. EST (2040 GMT; 5:40 p.m. local time) from the Ariane 5’s ELA-3…