Tag: Guiana Space Center
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Rewatch the Ariane 5’s spectacular sunset liftoff
Watch multi-angle video replays of Tuesday’s blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from the jungles of South America carrying two communications satellite for Arabsat and the Indian Space Research Organization. The liftoff occurred at 2134 GMT (4:34 p.m. EST; 6:34 p.m. local time), just after sunset at the French Guiana space center, on the Ariane…
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Arab and Indian satellites fly aboard Ariane 5
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A European Ariane 5 rocket, burning a cryogenic mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, thundered into the sky over French Guiana at dusk Tuesday with two communications relay satellites to serve the Arab world and India. Like clockwork, the rocket lit its liquid-fueled Vulcain…
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Photos: Ariane 5 counting down to liftoff
Launch crews rolled out a nearly 180-foot-tall Ariane 5 rocket to its launch pad Monday in a final major step before liftoff with the Arabsat 6B and GSAT 15 communications satellites to broadcast television, broadband and other telecom services across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and India. Pulled by a heavy-duty Titan tug along…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 soars into space from Kourou
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Arabsat 6B and GSAT 15 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Launch managers sign off on final Ariane 5 flight of 2015
A team member working on the next Ariane 5 flight signs the rocket’s payload fairing ahead of Tuesday’s liftoff. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A launch readiness review Friday cleared an Ariane 5 rocket for liftoff Tuesday with two communications satellites for Arabsat and India, the first three missions from…
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Eutelsat goes for rare dedicated Ariane 5 launch
Updated with details. Artist’s concept of the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite. Credit: Eutelsat/SSL Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat plans to launch a spacecraft for video broadcasting and broadband connectivity over Latin America aboard a dedicated Ariane 5 rocket in early 2016, several months earlier than planned, on a rare commercial single-payload flight of the workhorse…
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Launch campaign begins for Europe’s trailblazing gravity probe
ESA’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is seen inside IABG’s test center near Munich on Aug. 31. Credit: ESA–P. Sebirot, 2015 A compact European space probe, already fitted with a propulsive boost stage to send it a million miles from Earth, has arrived at its French Guiana launch base for liftoff in early December aboard a solid-fueled…
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Ariane launch aids Australian and Argentine satellite initiatives
The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 5:30 p.m. French Guiana time (2030 GMT; 4:30 p.m. EDT) Friday with the Sky Muster and Arsat 2 telecom satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into a clear blue sky over French Guiana on Wednesday, delivering…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket soars with Sky Muster, Arsat 2
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Sky Muster and Arsat 2 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Ariane 5 on the eve of launch
A colorful sunset Tuesday created a dramatic backdrop to Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket, poised on its launch pad at the edge of the Amazon jungle for its 82nd mission. Flying for the fifth time this year, the expendable 18-story rocket will haul up the Sky Muster and Arsat 2 communications satellites for Australia and Argentina.…