Tag: DirecTV Latin America
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Brazilian and Indonesian telecom satellites healthy after Ariane 5 launch
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – OV A pair of commercial broadcast satellites on the way to parking spots high above Brazil and Indonesia are safely in orbit after blasting off Tuesday atop an Ariane 5 rocket. The powerful launcher, fitted with a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine and two side-mounted solid…
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Video: Ariane 5 darts through cloudy skies with Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S
An Ariane 5 rocket climbed into space from French Guiana on Tuesday evening, hauling the Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S communications satellites to orbit on the way to operating posts over Brazil and Indonesia. Firing into an overcast sky just before sunset, the 180-foot-tall (55-meter) Ariane 5 took off on 2.9 million pounds of…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket in position for first launch of 2017
A powerful Ariane 5 rocket rolled out of its vertical assembly hangar to a tropical launch pad on the shores of South America on Monday, and these photos show the booster on the eve of liftoff. Standing 180 feet (55 meters) tall, the Ariane 5 is scheduled for blastoff Tuesday with the Sky Brasil 1…
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Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S
A commercial satellite to broadcast television programming to millions of homes in Brazil and a multipurpose communications craft to beam high-definition video and Internet signals across Indonesia are awaiting a half-hour ride into orbit on an Ariane 5 rocket Tuesday. Standing nearly 180 feet (55 meters) tall, the Ariane 5 is scheduled to lift off…
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Live coverage: European launcher heads to orbit from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 2120 GMT (4:20 p.m. EST). Please ensure your browser is…
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Ariane 5 launcher set for sunset blastoff Tuesday
The Ariane 5 rocket reaches the launch pad in French Guiana on Monday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – G. Barbaste Two commercial communications satellites heading for orbits more than 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth are scheduled for launch from a jungle launch facility in French Guiana at sunset Tuesday on…