{"id":14980,"date":"2016-12-23T22:31:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-arianespace-caps-2016-campaign-with-successful-ariane-5-flight\/"},"modified":"2016-12-23T22:31:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:31:24","slug":"photos-arianespace-caps-2016-campaign-with-successful-ariane-5-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-arianespace-caps-2016-campaign-with-successful-ariane-5-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ariane 5 rocket\u2019s 90th launch Wednesday carried two communications satellites to orbit to join the fleets of Embratel Star One and SKY Perfect JSAT, regional space-based telecom providers in Brazil and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket blasted off at 2030 GMT (3:30 p.m. EST; 5:30 p.m. French Guiana time) Wednesday from the European-run Guiana Space Center on the northern shore of South America.<\/p>\n<p>Riding 2.9 million pounds of thrust from a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine and two solid rocket motors, the Ariane 5 pitched on an easterly course from French Guiana, transiting the Atlantic Ocean in less than a half-hour before releasing the Star One D1 and JCSAT 15 communications satellites in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The launch marked the 76th successful Ariane 5 flight in a row, and Arianespace\u2019s 11th mission of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The photos below show Wednesday\u2019s launch from the view of remote cameras placed near the ELA-3 launch complex, the Toucan viewing site around 3 miles (5 kilometers) away from the launch pad, and elsewhere around the spaceport, which covers an area of about 270 square miles (700 square kilometers), roughly the size of Singapore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21144\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21144\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15672801_1288518531186492_1683106138811712902_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15672801_1288518531186492_1683106138811712902_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15672801_1288518531186492_1683106138811712902_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15672801_1288518531186492_1683106138811712902_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 Service Optique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21145\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21145\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15590629_1288518567853155_8876154405672477808_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15590629_1288518567853155_8876154405672477808_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15590629_1288518567853155_8876154405672477808_n-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15590629_1288518567853155_8876154405672477808_n-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 Service Optique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21146\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21146\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15589904_1288518667853145_7057826318670767267_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15589904_1288518667853145_7057826318670767267_n.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15589904_1288518667853145_7057826318670767267_n-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 Service Optique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21147\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21147\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-21-2016-VA234-liftoff-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-21-2016-VA234-liftoff-2.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-21-2016-VA234-liftoff-2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Baudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21148\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21148\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15578557_1288518584519820_837958979599293791_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15578557_1288518584519820_837958979599293791_n.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15578557_1288518584519820_837958979599293791_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21149\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21149\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15697427_1288518737853138_855362365737074315_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15697427_1288518737853138_855362365737074315_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15697427_1288518737853138_855362365737074315_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15697427_1288518737853138_855362365737074315_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21150\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21150\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-21-2016-VA234-liftoff-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-21-2016-VA234-liftoff-1-copy-1.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12-21-2016-VA234-liftoff-1-copy-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Baudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21151\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21151\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15621641_1288520787852933_4551130710502248143_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15621641_1288520787852933_4551130710502248143_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15621641_1288520787852933_4551130710502248143_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15621641_1288520787852933_4551130710502248143_n-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21152\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21152\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15622311_1287939324577746_6201155397304803030_n.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15622311_1287939324577746_6201155397304803030_n.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15622311_1287939324577746_6201155397304803030_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21153\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21153\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/va234-liftoff-1-lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/va234-liftoff-1-lg.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/va234-liftoff-1-lg-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Baudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21154\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21154\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15665906_1287940497910962_2125306213993620692_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15665906_1287940497910962_2125306213993620692_n.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15665906_1287940497910962_2125306213993620692_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21154\" 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>The Ariane 5 rocket\u2019s 90th launch Wednesday carried two communications satellites to orbit to join the fleets of Embratel Star One and SKY Perfect JSAT, regional space-based telecom providers in Brazil and Japan. The 180-foot-tall (55-meter) rocket blasted off at 2030 GMT (3:30 p.m. EST; 5:30 p.m. French Guiana time) Wednesday from the European-run Guiana [&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":[1540,498,1819,3140,1773,377,3487,3488],"class_list":["post-14980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ariane-5","tag-arianespace","tag-brazil","tag-embratel-star-one","tag-guiana-space-center","tag-japan","tag-jcsat-15","tag-sky-perfect-jsat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14980"}],"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=14980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}