Tag: Intelsat 29e
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Investigators conclude external forces killed an Intelsat satellite in April
Artist’s concept of the Intelsat 29e satellite with antennas and solar panels unfurled. Credit: Intelsat Investigators probing the sudden failure of the Boeing-built Intelsat 29e geostationary relay station in April have concluded an electrostatic discharge, aggravated by a harness flaw on the spacecraft, or a micrometeoroid strike prematurely ended the satellite’s mission, resulting in a…
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Intelsat declares drifting satellite total loss
Workers mount the Intelsat 29e communications satellite atop an Ariane 5 launcher in French Guiana on Jan. 18, 2016, in preparation for its launch later that month. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon Intelsat has declared the Intelsat 29e communications satellite a total loss after the Boeing-built spacecraft suffered a…
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Stricken with fuel leak, Intelsat 29e seen drifting in geostationary orbit
A Boeing-built Intelsat communications satellite launched three years ago is drifting in geostationary orbit after suffering a fuel leak and releasing debris fragments last week, according to an analysis by space surveillance experts. Ground-based telescopes operated by ExoAnalytic Solutions, a commercial company that tracks objects in space with a network of optical telescopes, show…
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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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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…