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Live coverage: Ariane 5 successful in middle-of-the-night launch

March 8, 2016 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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  • Falcon 9 deploys 56 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s 20th launch of the year
    March 24, 2023
  • Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites from New Zealand
    March 24, 2023
  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink internet satellites
    March 24, 2023
  • SpaceX pausing launches of new-generation Starlink satellites
    March 23, 2023
  • Relativity’s 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket reaches space, but falls short of orbit
    March 22, 2023
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