News Archive / Tagged: ArianeSpace

• Arianespace launches two geosynchronous satellites to orbit

  Joe LatrellDecember 4th, 2018

  Arianespace 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.

• Vega launches Earth-observing satellite for Morocco

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 21st, 2018

  Using Europe’s light-lift Vega launcher, Arianespace orbited the Mohammed VI-B Earth-observing satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco.

• Soyuz ST-B launches from French Guiana with Europe’s Metop-C weather satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 6th, 2018

  Arianespace made use of a Russian-built Soyuz ST-B rocket to launch the Metop-C spacecraft into a polar orbit for EUMETSAT.

• Ariane 5 rocket begins BepiColombo’s journey to Mercury

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 19th, 2018

  Lighting 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.

• 100th flight of Ariane 5 rocket orbits 2 telecommunications satellites

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 25th, 2018

  KOUROU, 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.

• Vega soars into the sky with ESA’s Aeolus wind-monitoring satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 22nd, 2018

  Arianespace successfully sent Europe’s wind-monitoring satellite named Aeolus to orbit on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The France-based firm used the smallest launch vehicle in its catalog, Vega, to carry out the first part of Aeolus's mission underway.

• 4 Galileo navigation satellites sent aloft by Ariane 5

  Heather SmithJuly 25th, 2018

  After 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.

• BepiColombo spacecraft arrives at Kourou launch site

  Christopher PaulMay 2nd, 2018

  Europe’s first mission to Mercury is making the first steps on its long journey. The three spacecraft that make up BepiColombo mission are being shipped from their assembly facility to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

• Launch of GSAT-11 delayed as satellite shipped back to India

  Jason RhianApril 25th, 2018

  The flight of the Indian GSAT-11 satellite has been pushed back to an undetermined date. The spacecraft had arrived March 28, 2018, in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for a launch atop an Ariane 5 rocket, but has now been shipped back to India.

• Ariane 5 returns to flight with launch of two satellites

  Joe LatrellApril 6th, 2018

  The latest launch of an Ariane 5 rocket took place today at 21:34 UTC (5:34 p.m. EDT) from the company's launch complex in French Guiana. The Ariane 5 lifted off from Guiana Space Center (GSG) carrying two satellites to orbit. Today’s flight saw the release of both the DSN-1/Superbird-8 satellite as well as the HYLAS 4 spacecraft.

• Soyuz ST-B launcher lofts O3b quartet to orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiMarch 9th, 2018

  Arianespace successfully conducted its second launch this year on Friday, March 9 lofting four O3b communications satellites to orbit.

• Ariane 5 rocket places 2 satellites into orbit despite telemetry anomaly

  Tomasz NowakowskiJanuary 25th, 2018

  Arianespace conducted its first mission of 2018 by launching its workhorse Ariane 5 booster with the SES-14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites. However, the outcome of the flight remained a mystery for several hours as telemetry cut off just after ignition of the upper stage of the rocket.

• First Ariane 5 flight of 2018 to deliver SES-14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiJanuary 24th, 2018

  On Thursday, January 25, Europe’s flagship Ariane 5 booster is scheduled to fly for the first time this year. The rocket is being prepared to orbit the SES-14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites.

• Ariane 5 Flight VA240 launches four Galileo satellites

  Collin SkocikDecember 13th, 2017

  At 3:36 p.m. local time (1:36 p.m. EST / 18:36 GMT) on December 12, 2017, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying four Galileo satellites, bringing the total number of spacecraft in the Galileo constellation to 22.

• Arianespace poised to launch Vega with MOHAMMED VI–A satellite

  Jason RhianNovember 5th, 2017

  Arianespace is ready to launch the MOHAMMED VI–A satellite on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco on November 7, 2017, at 10:42 p.m. local time (01:42 GMT Nov. 8). The spacecraft is slated to lift off from the Guiana Space Centre's Vega Launch Complex (SLV) and will mark the 10th flight of the year for the Courcouronnes, Essonne, France-based firm.