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Video: Soyuz rocket blasts off with German-made, Spanish-owned satellite
Watch a video replay of Friday night's blastoff of a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center with Hispasat 36W-1, a communications satellite developed by OHB in Germany for Spain's Hispasat to test out new telecom technologies and provide data networking, video and broadband services over South America and Europe.
Live coverage: Arianespace declares success on first flight of the year
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Friday night from a tropical spaceport in French Guiana with a commercial communications satellite setting off on a dual mission to demonstrate new space technologies and bridge the Atlantic with data, video and voice relays. Launch occurred at 0103:34 GMT Saturday (8:03:34 p.m. EST Friday).
Photos: Commercial telecom satellite mounted for launch on Soyuz rocket
A new satellite design will debut with Friday's launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana on a commercial mission to relay video, data and voice messages between the Americas and Europe.
Arianespace nets two commercial launch contracts
Arianespace has opened the year with two contracts to deliver commercial television and broadband satellites to orbit aboard Ariane 5 rockets launched from French Guiana in 2018 and 2019.
Photos: Arianespace caps 2016 campaign with successful Ariane 5 flight
The Ariane 5 rocket's 90th launch Wednesday carried two communications satellites to orbit to join the fleets of Embratel Star One and SKY Perfect JSAT, regional space-based telecom providers in Brazil and Japan.
VideoBrazilian and Japanese communications satellites launched by Ariane 5 rocket
Closing out a banner year of launches, an Ariane 5 rocket thundered into space Wednesday from French Guiana with two commercial communications satellites manufactured in California to expand television and broadband access in Latin America and broadcast television programming in Japan.
Photos: Ariane 5’s journey to the launch pad
Topped with Brazilian and Japanese television broadcasting satellites, an Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday, a day before its scheduled blastoff on the way to geostationary transfer orbit.
Last Ariane 5 flight of the year cleared for launch
Arianespace officials have approved the rollout and launch of the final Ariane 5 flight of the year, set to blast off Wednesday from French Guiana to haul Brazilian and Japanese communications stations toward their orbital perches more than 22,000 miles above the equator.
VideoTurkey’s military gets a new eye in the sky with successful Vega launch
A European-built, Turkish-owned spy satellite rocketed into orbit Monday aboard a Vega booster launched from French Guiana, part of a $300 million project to feed improved surveillance imagery to the Turkish military and advance the country's aerospace manufacturing base.
Live coverage: Turkish reconnaissance launches on Vega rocket
A Vega rocket lifted off from a tropical launch pad in French Guiana at 1351 GMT (8:51 a.m. EST) Monday with Gokturk 1, a sharp-eyed reconnaissance satellite built in France and owned by the Turkish armed forces.