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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).
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.