Tag: Star One C4

  • Photos: Ariane 5 rocket blazes into orbit

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    A powerful Ariane 5 rocket soared into space with a European weather satellite and Brazilian telecom platform this week, lighting up its remote French Guiana spaceport carved out of the jungle on the northern coast of South America. The 179-foot-tall rocket lifted off at 2142 GMT (5:42 p.m. EDT; 6:42 p.m. French Guiana time), a…

  • Weather satellite, Brazilian payload launched on Ariane 5

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    Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin A new spin-stabilized European weather observatory hitched a ride into space aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday, accompanying a Brazilian television broadcasting craft on a launch from French Guiana into Earth orbit. The 18-story launcher lit a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine, throttled up to…

  • Next Ariane 5 launch reset for July 15

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    The Star One C4 communications satellite is lifted atop the Ariane 5 rocket’s Sylda dual-payload adapter June 26. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon An Ariane 5 rocket launch with a Brazilian television broadcasting satellite and a European weather observatory has been rescheduled for July 15 after technicians double-checked one of…