Live coverage: Two satellites blast off on Ariane 5

A Japanese H-2A rocket launched at 5:58 p.m. EDT (2158 GMT) Sunday from the Tanegashima Space Center with the Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope orbiter, the UAE’s first probe to Mars.

Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with the SES 15 communications satellite.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the EchoStar 23 commercial television broadcast satellite into orbit.