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Ariane 5 rocket hoists record commercial payload into orbit
Two U.S.-built communications satellites for Dish Network television subscribers and Indonesian banking customers fired into orbit from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Saturday, setting the record for the European launcher's heaviest commercial payload.
Photos: Ariane 5 on the launch pad for heavy-lift mission
An Ariane 5 rocket is counting down to a second launch attempt Saturday to carry two communications satellites into space for DISH Network and Indonesian banking customers, taking the heaviest payload ever launched into geostationary transfer orbit.
Mission events timeline for Ariane 5’s third flight of the year
A European Ariane 5 rocket will propel two communications satellites from a standstill to a speed of nearly 21,000 mph in 25 minutes during a launch Friday from French Guiana.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 lifts off with two U.S.-built satellites
Two communications satellites built in California launched Saturday aboard the third Ariane 5 flight of the year after unacceptable upper level winds kept the rocket grounded Friday. The European rocket lifted off from French Guiana at 2138 GMT (5:38 p.m. EDT) with payloads for DISH Network and BRI, a major Indonesian bank.
Ariane 5 rocket rolls to launch pad for liftoff Friday
The third Ariane 5 flight of the year is on track for a late afternoon liftoff Thursday from French Guiana with two U.S.-built communications satellites to broadcast television channels to millions of DISH Network subscribers and improve banking services across the islands of Indonesia.
Ariane 5 launch delayed to replace cryogenic fluid connector
The next launch of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has been delayed from Wednesday after engineers encountered a problem with a cryogenic fuel connector, Arianespace said Tuesday.
Record double-satellite payload mated to Ariane 5 for launch next week
A new communications satellite to beam television channels to millions of DISH Network subscribers in the United States and the first spacecraft dedicated to support banking services have been attached to an Ariane 5 rocket for liftoff June 8 from French Guiana.
Photos: Soyuz dashes away from French Guiana launch pad
A Russian Soyuz rocket topped with two European Galileo navigation satellites soared into orbit before dawn Tuesday, vaulting through low clouds hanging over its jungle launch base in French Guiana.
Soyuz launch adds two more satellites to Galileo navigation fleet
Two more Galileo satellites successfully catapulted into space from the French Guiana jungle aboard a Soyuz rocket Tuesday, putting Europe's multibillion-dollar navigation system on track to begin limited global service later this year.
Live coverage: Soyuz rocket lifts off with new Galileo satellites
A Russian-built Soyuz rocket lifted off from South America at 0848 GMT (4:48 a.m. EDT) Tuesday with two new navigation satellites for Europe's Galileo system, readying the network for initial operating capability later this year.