Tag: French Guiana
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Spy satellite launch on Soyuz rocket begins refresh of French military space capabilities
The Soyuz ST-A rocket lifts off from French Guiana with France’s CSO 1 military observation satellite Wednesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron Launching for the 20th time from the jungle of South America, a Russian-built Soyuz booster rocketed into orbit Wednesday with a new eye in the sky for…
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Live coverage: Soyuz lifts off with French spy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the CSO 1 optical surveillance satellite for the French military. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 1617 GMT (11:17 a.m. EST) and will be available here. If you appreciate what we…
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Soyuz raised on launch pad in French Guiana for Arianespace’s last flight of 2018
The Soyuz rocket stands on its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – J. Durrenberger A Russian-made Soyuz booster rolled out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday, and hydraulic lifts rotated the launcher vertical in preparation for liftoff Tuesday with the first in…
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Moroccan spy satellite launched aboard Vega rocket
A Vega rocket lifts off Tuesday night with the Mohammed VI-B satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A Vega launcher lifted off Tuesday night from a spaceport at the edge of South America’s Amazon rainforest, climbed into orbit on the power of four Italian- and Ukrainian-built rocket stages, and…
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Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with Moroccan spy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with the Mohammed VI-B reconnaissance satellite for the government of Morocco. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0125 GMT (8:25 p.m. EST), and will be available on this page.
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European weather satellite blasts off from French Guiana
A Soyuz rocket blasts off with Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A Russian-built Soyuz rocket launched Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America, boosting Europe’s MetOp-C satellite into orbit to benefit weather forecasters worldwide and closing out a generation…
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Photos: Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite readied for liftoff
A new European weather satellite is ready for launch Tuesday night aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, and these photos illustrate the final weeks of the spacecraft’s launch campaign. The 9,003-pound (4,084-kilogram) MetOp-C weather satellite will launch into a polar orbit roughly 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth to measure key atmospheric variables, data…
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket launches from French Guiana with weather satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the European MetOp-C weather satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 0027 GMT (7:27 p.m. EST) and will be available here. If you appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a…
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Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of European weather satellite
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolls out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Friday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A Russian-built Soyuz booster arrived at its tropical launch pad in South America on Friday and was joined with a European weather satellite for launch Tuesday night. The MetOp-C…
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Powerful new European solid-fueled rocket motor aces first test-firing
European engineers test-fired the world’s most powerful present-day single-segment solid rocket booster Monday in French Guiana, clearing a major development hurdle for the Vega-C and Ariane 6 launchers set for debuts in 2019 and 2020. Mounted on a test stand over a flame trench carved out of bedrock at the European-run spaceport in South America,…