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Photos: Ariane 5 lights up the night in French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket ignited its hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine and two solid rocket boosters to send two Intelsat communications satellite into orbit this week, casting a brilliant glow across its launch base carved from the jungle of French Guiana.
Intelsat celebrates double success with Ariane 5 launch
Two U.S.-built Intelsat communications satellites destined for different missions fired into space from French Guiana just after sunset Wednesday, vaulting due east over the Atlantic Ocean before separating from their Ariane 5 launcher right on target in geostationary transfer orbit.
Launch timeline for the Ariane 5 rocket’s 87th flight
An Ariane 5 rocket will fire into the sky from French Guiana just after sunset Wednesday and deliver nearly 12 tons of payload to an orbit reaching 22,000 miles up less than a half-hour later.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off with two Intelsat satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket sent two Intelsat communications satellites into orbit Wednesday after liftoff from Europe's space base in French Guiana at 2216 GMT (6:16 p.m. EDT; 7:16 p.m. local time).
Photos: A drive around the Ariane 5 launch pad
Take a trip around the perimeter of the Ariane 5 rocket's launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, where two Intelsat communications satellites are poised for liftoff Wednesday.
Photos: European rocket treks to launch pad with U.S. satellites
Two U.S.-built commercial communications satellites moved to their last stop on Earth on Tuesday, when an Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to a launch pad at the edge of the Amazon jungle on the eve of liftoff.
Photos: Ariane 5 hitched to tug for rollout to the launch pad
A day before blastoff with two Intelsat communications satellites, an Ariane 5 rocket rolled into position on its launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday behind a 540-horsepower Titan truck, and these close-up snapshots show technicians preparing for the journey.
Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload
Launch managers in French Guiana on Monday approved plans to loft two U.S.-built communications for Intelsat aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday.
Ariane 5 receives payloads for launch next week
Two U.S.-built Intelsat communications satellites have hitched on to an Ariane 5 rocket for launch from French Guiana next week, the first time the storied company has put two of its spacecraft on the same booster.
VideoImagery of the Ariane 5’s blazing blastoff at sunset in the jungle
The Ariane 5 rocket's weekend launch from French Guiana set a weight record and produced stunning imagery as the powerful 180-foot-tall booster soared into space backdropped by the colorful orange hues of sunset on the edge of the Amazon jungle.