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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches on record-breaking mission
An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off Thursday at 2345 GMT (7:45 p.m. EDT), flying from a French Guiana launch pad to geostationary transfer orbit with the ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B communications satellites.
Two high-power broadband satellites set for record-breaking launch on Ariane 5 rocket
A pair of innovative satellites for ViaSat and Eutelsat, valued at approximately $800 million, are scheduled to lift off Thursday on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana, hauling the heaviest and costliest commercial payload ever launched.
Photos: Soyuz rocket climbs into space with SES 15
A Soyuz rocket took off from French Guiana on Thursday with the SES 15 communications satellite, a craft heading for an orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator to provide airborne wifi and aeronautical navigation services over the United States.
Soyuz rocket orbits satellite for airborne navigation and connectivity
A commercial SES communications satellite on the way to an operating post over the Americas rode into orbit from French Guiana aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket Thursday, embarking on a mission to help airline travelers stay connected and improve air navigation over the United States.
VideoVideo: Soyuz blasts off from South America
A 151-foot-tall Soyuz launcher climbed into space from French Guiana on Thursday with the Boeing-built SES 15 communications satellite bound for an operating position over the Americas in geostationary orbit.
Live coverage: Russian rocket launches Boeing-made satellite
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched from French Guiana on Thursday at 1154:53 GMT (7:54:53 a.m. EDT) with the SES 15 communications satellite, a U.S.-built craft designed to support in-flight connectivity, video broadcasts and airborne navigation over North America.
Timeline of Soyuz launch with SES 15
Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with the SES 15 communications satellite.
Soyuz meets multipurpose SES-owned telecom satellite for Thursday launch
A commercial communications satellite will blast off Thursday from French Guiana on top of a Soyuz rocket, on the way to a station over the Americas to supply bandwidth to airline travelers and broadcasters in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
James Webb Space Telescope shipped to Texas for its biggest test yet
The centerpiece of the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for a three-month test to ensure the observatory's sensors and gold-coated mirrors work in the frigid temperatures of deep space.
Launches resume in French Guiana with dual-payload Ariane 5 flight
Running more than six weeks late after social unrest in French Guiana forced the closure of Europe's launch base there, a commercial Ariane 5 rocket took off Thursday just after sunset with a pair of communications satellites manufactured in France for owners in Brazil and South Korea.