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Satellites for Australia and Argentina ready for Ariane 5 launch
Government enterprises in Australia and Argentina will get a boost Wednesday with the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana with two communications satellites.
VideoPhotos: Soyuz blasts off from the jungle
A late-night liftoff Thursday lit up the forested shoreline of South America as a Russian-made Soyuz rocket streaked into orbit with two new satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Relive the launch with a video replay and photos of the fiery departure.
Launch brings Galileo navigation system into double digits
A Russian rocket released two Galileo navigation satellites nearly 15,000 miles above Earth early Friday, adding to a growing fleet giving Europe an independent space-based positioning system tracking automobiles, airplanes and cell phone-carrying people around the world.
Live coverage: Soyuz launches to expand Europe’s navigation system
A Soyuz rocket lifted off from South America late Thursday to haul up the next two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system, giving the network its ninth and 10th operational members. Launch occurred at 0208:10 GMT Friday (10:08:10 p.m. EDT Thursday).
Soyuz/Galileo launch timeline
Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Photos: Two more Galileo navigation satellites primed for flight
The next pair of spacecraft to join Europe's Galileo navigation system are positioned for liftoff late Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket. These photos chronicle the preparation of the satellites for launch at the Guiana Space Center.
Russian rocket erected for this week’s Galileo launch
The next pair of spacecraft to join Europe's growing Galileo navigation system, a civilian-run analog to the U.S. military's Global Positioning System, will be added to the tip of a Russian Soyuz booster overnight Monday after the rocket's rollout earlier in the day in French Guiana.
VideoAriane rocket’s 225th flight in pictures
The 81st flight of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket delivered two satellites to geostationary orbit Thursday for Eutelsat and Intelsat, and these photos show the launcher taking off with nearly 3 million pounds of thrust.
Eutelsat, Intelsat spacecraft deployed by Ariane 5
A hefty European-built satellite destined to broadcast high-definition television to the Middle East and a U.S.-made relay station programmed to serve Latin America and North Atlantic air routes soared into space Thursday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches TV broadcast satellites
Two new satellites for Eutelsat and Intelsat, two of the world's largest telecom satellite operators, blasted off aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from South America's Amazon jungle Thursday at 2034 GMT (4:34 p.m. EDT).