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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.
Citing SpaceX delays, Inmarsat moves satellite launch from Falcon Heavy to Ariane 5
The launch next year of a commercial communications craft jointly managed by London-based Inmarsat and the Greek satellite operator Hellas-Sat has been switched from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, officials said Thursday.
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.
Launch timeline for Vega’s liftoff with Gokturk 1
Turkey's most advanced Earth observation satellite will ride a four-stage Vega rocket into polar orbit nearly 435 miles above Earth to begin collecting high-resolution images for Turkish military and security authorities.
Turkish military satellite joined with Vega launcher
A European-built reconnaissance satellite for the Turkish armed forces has been fastened to the top of its Vega launcher for liftoff from French Guiana next week.
VideoSlow-motion replays and dramatic images from Thursday’s Ariane 5 flight
Don't miss riveting slow-motion video of Thursday's blastoff of four European navigation satellite satellites captured by high-speed cameras at the Ariane 5 rocket's jungle launch pad, plus dramatic up-close snapshots showing the launcher's climb into the sky on 2.9 million pounds of ground-shaking thrust.
VideoEurope’s satellite navigation fleet gets big boost from Ariane 5 rocket
Europe's Galileo navigation program turned to the workhorse Ariane 5 rocket for a heavy lift Thursday, delivering four new satellites to orbit on the launcher's 75th successful flight in a row and pushing the growing fleet closer to global coverage.