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Photos: Ariane 5 ready to fly
Check out photos of Europe's Ariane 5 launcher in the starting blocks at its tropical spaceport awaiting liftoff with two commercial television relay stations.
Ariane 5 rolled out for fourth launch of the year
Ground crews towed a towering Ariane 5 rocket to its launch pad in French Guiana on Wednesday for final flight preparations before Thursday's launch with spacecraft for two of the world's top commercial satellite operators.
Launcher contracts signify shift in Europe’s rocket industry
Europe's next-generation launcher family has moved a step closer to reality with the signature of nearly $3.8 billion in contracts for development of the Ariane 6 rocket and an upgraded version of the lightweight Vega booster.
Photos: Ariane 5 rocket blazes into orbit
A powerful Ariane 5 rocket soared into space with a European weather satellite and Brazilian telecom platform this week, lighting up its remote French Guiana spaceport carved out of the jungle on the northern coast of South America. Check out imagery of the sunset blastoff.
Weather satellite, Brazilian payload launched on Ariane 5
A new spin-stabilized European weather observatory hitched a ride into space aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday, accompanying a Brazilian television broadcasting craft on a launch from French Guiana into Earth orbit.
Live coverage: Two satellites blast off on Ariane 5
A Brazilian television broadcasting satellite and Europe's next weather observatory packaged atop an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off at 2142 GMT (5:42 p.m. EDT) Wednesday from Kourou, French Guiana.
Next Ariane 5 launch reset for July 15
An Ariane 5 rocket launch with a Brazilian television broadcasting satellite and a European weather observatory has been rescheduled for July 15 after technicians double-checked one of the spacecraft for oil contamination.
Ariane 6 rockets likely to be assembled horizontally
Construction of a new launch pad for Europe's Ariane 6 rocket, which will be put together horizontally instead of vertically, is due to begin next week at an abandoned quarry site in French Guiana.
VideoPhotos: Vega launch lights up French Guiana
Monday night's blastoff of a Vega rocket from the northern shore of South America dispatched a 2,500-pound Earth imaging satellite for Europe and put on a light show across the tropical spaceport at the edge of the Amazon.
New satellite joins Europe’s growing Earth observing network
A new satellite to monitor crops, pollution and the growth of cities blasted off Monday from a tropical spaceport in French Guiana, adding another piece to Europe's multibillion-dollar fleet of spacecraft tasked to track Earth's ever-changing environment.