Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 8 West B and Intelsat 34 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 deploys two telecom satellites in orbit despite telemetry loss
A European Ariane 5 rocket took off from French Guiana and delivered two commercial communications satellites and a NASA scientific package to orbit Thursday after an unexpected radio blackout raised worries that the mission failed. But questions lingered early Friday about the accuracy of the payload deployments.
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Live coverage: Station crew lands in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Thursday to bring home NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir, astronaut Andrew Morgan and Russian commander Oleg Skripochka. The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft departed the station at 9:53 p.m. Thursday (0153 GMT Friday) and landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 1:16 a.m. EDT (0516 GMT).
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