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Photos: Soyuz soars skyward from French Guiana
Flying for the 10th time from a tropical launch facility along the South American coastline, a Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Dec. 18 and streaked through partly sunny skies with four satellites to extend the reach of the O3b Networks, a company founded to bring broadband to the world’s most remote and impoverished countries. The…
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Third quartet of satellites launched for O3b Networks
The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1837 GMT (1:37 p.m. EST; 3:37 p.m. local time) from the Guiana Space Center on the northern coast of South America. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A Soyuz rocket lifted off from French Guiana on Thursday, launching four satellites owned by O3b Networks…
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Live coverage: Soyuz blasts off on third mission for O3b
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with four broadband communications satellites for O3b Networks. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: O3b satellites prepared for Soyuz launch
Four satellites designed to broadcast high-speed Internet signals to the developing world are mounted on top of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket for liftoff Thursday from the Guiana Space Center in South America. Launch of the Soyuz ST-B booster — under the joint management of Arianespace and Russian rocket engineers — is set for 1837 GMT…
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Photos: Soyuz booster rolls out to French Guiana launch pad
Russian rocket technicians working in the French Guiana jungle transported a three-stage Soyuz booster to its launch pad Monday and erected it upright for liftoff Thursday with four communications satellites for O3b Networks, a company with aims to beam broadband Internet service to the developing world. The rocket rolled to the launch pad from a…