{"id":11931,"date":"2021-01-05T18:39:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-soyuz-launches-french-military-satellite\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T18:39:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:39:28","slug":"photos-soyuz-launches-french-military-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-soyuz-launches-french-military-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Soyuz launches French military satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/molMEKLwYaw\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out imagery from Arianespace and the French space agency showing the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Dec. 29 from the Guiana Space Center in South America.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz ST-A rocket and Fregat upper stage delivered the French military\u2019s CSO 2 optical reconnaissance satellite to an orbit around 300 miles (480 kilometers) above Earth after blasting off from the French Guiana spaceport at 11:42 a.m. EST (1642 GMT; 1:42 p.m. local time) on Dec. 29.<\/p>\n<p>The CSO 2 satellite, built by Airbus with an optical telescope from Thales Alenia Space, is designed to provide very high resolution images to the French Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Read our full story for details on the mission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49485\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49485\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_2.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49486\" style=\"width: 842px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49486\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_1.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_1-678x479.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49487\" style=\"width: 842px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49487\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_3.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_3-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_3-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_3-678x479.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49488\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49488\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_5.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/VS25_Retrait-portique_ZLS_5-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49489\" style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49489\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133261590_3784696004902053_6745678564968953710_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133261590_3784696004902053_6745678564968953710_o.jpg 880w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133261590_3784696004902053_6745678564968953710_o-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133261590_3784696004902053_6745678564968953710_o-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133261590_3784696004902053_6745678564968953710_o-678x958.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49457\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49457\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134060296_3781948481843472_3297412509950219239_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134060296_3781948481843472_3297412509950219239_o.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134060296_3781948481843472_3297412509950219239_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134060296_3781948481843472_3297412509950219239_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134060296_3781948481843472_3297412509950219239_o-678x479.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49458\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49458\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134087285_3781948425176811_7797857615747894068_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134087285_3781948425176811_7797857615747894068_o.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134087285_3781948425176811_7797857615747894068_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134087285_3781948425176811_7797857615747894068_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/134087285_3781948425176811_7797857615747894068_o-678x479.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49490\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49490\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132995346_3784696814901972_6970518617345741802_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132995346_3784696814901972_6970518617345741802_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132995346_3784696814901972_6970518617345741802_o-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132995346_3784696814901972_6970518617345741802_o-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132995346_3784696814901972_6970518617345741802_o-678x959.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49491\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49491\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/134242766_3784696618235325_7830371978287457153_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/134242766_3784696618235325_7830371978287457153_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/134242766_3784696618235325_7830371978287457153_o-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/134242766_3784696618235325_7830371978287457153_o-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/134242766_3784696618235325_7830371978287457153_o-678x959.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49492\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49492\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132990484_3784696068235380_1683781668901874184_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132990484_3784696068235380_1683781668901874184_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132990484_3784696068235380_1683781668901874184_o-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132990484_3784696068235380_1683781668901874184_o-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/132990484_3784696068235380_1683781668901874184_o-678x958.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49493\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49493\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784696871568633_1118519796428795405_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"849\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49494\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49494\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784695361568784_7925238248742697827_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784695361568784_7925238248742697827_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784695361568784_7925238248742697827_o-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784695361568784_7925238248742697827_o-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784695361568784_7925238248742697827_o-678x959.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49495\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49495\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784696871568633_1118519796428795405_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784696871568633_1118519796428795405_o.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784696871568633_1118519796428795405_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784696871568633_1118519796428795405_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133275140_3784696871568633_1118519796428795405_o-678x480.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49496\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49496\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133060959_3784696421568678_2062640890073658957_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133060959_3784696421568678_2062640890073658957_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133060959_3784696421568678_2062640890073658957_o-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133060959_3784696421568678_2062640890073658957_o-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/133060959_3784696421568678_2062640890073658957_o-678x958.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out imagery from Arianespace and the French space agency showing the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Dec. 29 from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz ST-A rocket and Fregat upper stage delivered the French military\u2019s CSO 2 optical reconnaissance satellite to an orbit around 300 miles (480 kilometers) above Earth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[498,690,1935,1936,1937,159,242,1763],"class_list":["post-11931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-arianespace","tag-cnes","tag-cso","tag-cso-2","tag-dga","tag-earth-observation","tag-france","tag-fregat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}