Tag: Guiana Space Center
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First Intelsat Epic satellite deployed by Ariane 5 rocket
An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off at 2320 GMT (6:20 p.m. EST) Wednesday with the Intelsat 29e satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A powerhouse communications satellite with up to five times the capacity of most existing telecom craft reached orbit Wednesday after a nighttime blastoff from French Guiana…
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Photos: Ariane 5 climbs away from jungle launch pad
A European Ariane 5 rocket took off on its first flight of the year Wednesday with a new-generation communications satellite for Intelsat, lighting up the sky over its French Guiana launch base as it arced over the Atlantic Ocean. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket launched at 2320 GMT (6:20 p.m. EST) Wednesday from the ELA-3 launch…
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Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 29e communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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First Ariane 5 launch of the year set for Wednesday
The Ariane 5 rocket rolls out to its launch pad Tuesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin An Ariane 5 rocket journeyed from its assembly hangar to a nearby launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday, a day before the heavy-duty launcher is scheduled for liftoff with the first in a…
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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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Hubble telescope’s successor has a ride to space
File photo of an Ariane 5 ECA launch. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG The European Space Agency has cinched an agreement with Arianespace for the October 2018 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, which will dispatch the nearly $10 billion observatory on a bold mission that…
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Soyuz/Galileo launch timeline
Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. A listing of exact times for the flight’s major events is posted below. Data source: Arianespace T-0:00:03: Engines at Full Thrust The five main engines of the Soyuz rocket’s core stage…
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Live coverage: Soyuz launches on 13th flight from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with two Galileo navigation satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Soyuz launches two more Galileo satellites
The Soyuz rocket carrying the 11th and 12th satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation program lifted off at 1151:56 GMT (6:51:56 a.m.; 8:51:56 a.m. local time) from French Guiana. ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Two more satellites joined Europe’s Galileo navigation fleet in orbit Thursday after launch from French Guiana aboard…