News Archive / Tagged: Ariane 5
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Ariane 5 rocket bids adieu after 27 years of service
Derek RichardsonJuly 5th, 2023Nearly three decades after its debut launch, Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket has taken to the skies one last time, carrying a pair of communications satellites bound for geostationary orbit.
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NASA’s $10B James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed in space
Theresa CrossJanuary 9th, 2022Some two weeks after its Christmas Day launch, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finished unfolding itself into its final configuration.
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The James Webb Space Telescope finally launches into space
Theresa CrossDecember 25th, 2021After 25 years of development, the James Webb Space Telescope has finally launched into space on a mission to look back farther in time than ever before.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope experiences another delay
Theresa CrossDecember 15th, 2021NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has experienced another launch delay because of a communication issue between it and the launch vehicle system.
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An ‘incident’ with the James Webb Space Telescope delays launch
Theresa CrossNovember 23rd, 2021The James Webb Space Telescope has incurred another delay and is now set to launch from French Guiana no earlier than Dec. 22, 2021.
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Ariane 5 lofts two large communications satellites into orbit
Theresa CrossOctober 24th, 2021Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket delivered two large communications satellites into space from the company’s South America launch site.
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James Webb Space Telescope being readied for launch
Theresa CrossOctober 20th, 2021After more than two decades of development, NASA’s ambitious James Webb Space Telescope is finally at the launch site being prepared for its trip into space.
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Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C launched from French Guiana
Cullen DesforgesAugust 6th, 2019KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA -- On Aug. 6, 2019 Arianespace’s third Ariane 5 ECA launch of 2019 lifted the VA249 mission off the pad located at Ariane Launch Complex Number 3 (ELA-3) in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Under increasing pressure from SpaceX, Arianespace launches telecommunications satellites
Jason RhianJune 20th, 2019KOUROU, French Guiana -- Arianespace conducted its fifth flight of 2019 when it launched an Ariane 5 ECA rocket and its payload of two communications satellites at 6:41 p.m. local time from Guiana Space Centre's ELA-3 launch site. Today's launch comes at a time when the company is facing increasing pressure from SpaceX.
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Arianespace launches two geosynchronous satellites to orbit
Joe LatrellDecember 4th, 2018Arianespace successfully launched flight VA246 carrying geosynchronous satellites for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) from its facility in French Guiana.
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Ariane 5 rocket begins BepiColombo’s journey to Mercury
Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 19th, 2018Lighting up the skies above the jungles of French Guiana, an Ariane 5 rocket sent a multi-faceted and international mission on its way to the planet Mercury.
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NASA tests key system of $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope
Jason RhianOctober 1st, 2018A program some 25 years in the making conducted an important test that should ensure that when the long-delayed mission is sent aloft - it will perform flawlessly. With this milestone complete, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope edges closer to flight.
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100th flight of Ariane 5 rocket orbits 2 telecommunications satellites
Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 25th, 2018KOUROU, French Guiana -- Europe’s flagship heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket flew to space for the 100th time in history on Tuesday, delivering the Horizons 3e and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 telecommunications satellites into orbit.
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4 Galileo navigation satellites sent aloft by Ariane 5
Heather SmithJuly 25th, 2018After a nearly four-month-long mission gap, Arianespace launched an Ariane 5 ES rocket from its South American spaceport in French Guiana to send four Galileo navigation satellites into orbit for Europe’s global navigation satellite system.
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JWST exceeds cost cap, launch delayed to 2021
Jason RhianJune 28th, 2018The James Webb Space Telescope, in development for the past 22 years, is now scheduled to take flight on March 30, 2021. Known for its numerous delays and cost overruns, the JWST appears to be in the final stages for its flight atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
