News Archive / Tagged: ArianeSpace
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OneWeb announces layoffs, files for bankruptcy following latest launch
Matt HaskellMarch 30th, 2020In a surprising recent development, satellite broadband internet provider OneWeb filed for bankruptcy just one week following the successful launch of 34 satellites atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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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 Vega rocket with PRISMA
Derek RichardsonMarch 22nd, 2019An Arianespace Vega rocket launched an Italian Space Agency imaging satellite into Earth orbit to demonstrate a new electro-optical instrument.
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ArianeGroup, CNES seek to develop a reusable 1st stage demonstrator
Jim SharkeyMarch 13th, 2019Increasingly fierce competition in the commercial launch market has driven established launch providers to seek ways to become more flexible and innovative.
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Arianespace successfully launches OneWeb satellites to orbit
Joe LatrellFebruary 27th, 2019Despite concerns over about Soyuz launcher, Arianespace successfully placed the first six satellites of OneWeb's broadband constellation into orbit.
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Vega-C rocket solid rocket motor tested in French Guiana
Jason RhianJanuary 29th, 2019The vast jungles of French Guiana echoed with the sounds of a different type of thunder other than the natural kind on Monday Jan. 28. An artificial roar was generated by a solid rocket motor that is planned for use on the Vega-C rocket Arianespace is developing to launch upcoming missions.
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Notes on the run: Embrace the suck
Jason RhianDecember 30th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- One of the things you have to get accustomed to when covering the space program is when things go wrong. Weather, idiotic boat captains, "out of family" sensor data, bad mouse food - you never know what, or who, might creep in to complicate what should be a simple process.
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Arianespace’s 2018 launch manifest closes with CSO-1 flight
Jason RhianDecember 19th, 2018Arianespace's final flight of the year, that of the CSO-1 concluded the French-based company's 2018 launch manifest as well as provide greater security. It lifted off a little later than planned, but helped cap a successful year for the Paris-based firm.
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A day of scrubs: No flights today for SpaceX, Blue Origin, Arianespace or ULA – UPDATE
Jason RhianDecember 18th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Today wasn't the most productive for Arianespace, SpaceX, Blue Origin or ULA. Attempts to launch four missions all ended with the rockets and their payloads safe - but on the ground.
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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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Vega launches Earth-observing satellite for Morocco
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 21st, 2018Using Europe’s light-lift Vega launcher, Arianespace orbited the Mohammed VI-B Earth-observing satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco.
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Soyuz ST-B launches from French Guiana with Europe’s Metop-C weather satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 6th, 2018Arianespace made use of a Russian-built Soyuz ST-B rocket to launch the Metop-C spacecraft into a polar orbit for EUMETSAT.
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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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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.