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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives at launch pad in French Guiana
Mounted on a mobile platform, a European Ariane 5 rocket followed dual rail tracks across the Guiana Space Center in South America on the way to its jungle launch complex Monday, a day before its scheduled blastoff with four satellites to expand Europe's independent navigation network.
Galileo navigation satellites buttoned up for launch on Ariane 5 rocket
Technicians working in the jungle of French Guiana have installed four new European Galileo navigation satellites on top of their Ariane 5 launcher, and filled the rocket's upper stage with storable liquid propellants for liftoff Tuesday.
Photos: Vega rocket lifts off with Moroccan satellite
A European Vega rocket took off Tuesday from a tropical launch pad in South America with Mohammed VI-A, a Moroccan spy satellite built in France.
Morocco’s first high-resolution surveillance satellite launched aboard Vega rocket
A reconnaissance satellite built in secrecy in France for the Moroccan government launched Tuesday on top of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
Live coverage: Arianespace launches its 10th mission of the year
A European Vega rocket lifted off Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center on the northern shoreline of South America with a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite for the Moroccan government. Launch occurred at 8:42:31 p.m. EST Tuesday (0142:31 GMT Wednesday) from Kourou, French Guiana.
Arianespace wins launch contracts from Inmarsat, Embratel Star One
The London-based mobile telecom provider Inmarsat and the Brazilian satellite operator Embratel Star One have selected Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket to launch two spacecraft from French Guiana in 2019.
JWST launch slips to early 2019
Extra testing of the James Webb Space Telescope and delays in assembling the powerful observatory will push back the $10 billion mission's launch by at least six months to early 2019, officials announced last week as the telescope successfully completed an extensive performance test inside a cryogenic vacuum chamber in Houston.
Q&A with Eric Smith, JWST program director
NASA's senior manager in charge of the development of the James Webb Space Telescope, Eric Smith, recently spoke with Spaceflight Now about the decision to reschedule its launch from October 2018 to the spring of 2019.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket fires into space with two commercial satellites
More than three weeks after a faulty electrical component halted a countdown moments before liftoff, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from French Guiana on Friday with two commercial communications satellites. Launch occurred at 2156 GMT (5:56 p.m. EDT).
Arianespace procures first batch of upgraded Vega-C rockets, preps for last Ariane 5 order
Arianespace has split its third order of Vega rockets from Italy's Avio between old and new versions of the solid-fueled booster, as officials prepare to build a final batch of around 18 Ariane 5 rockets before switching to the next-generation Ariane 6 in the early 2020s.