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VideoPhotos: Telecom satellites blast off from the jungle
Look back on Sunday's launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's jungle spaceport in French Guiana with two communications satellites for a commercial Norwegian telecom operator and Franco-Italian military authorities.
Ariane 5 sends Thor 7 and Sicral 2 satellites into orbit
Blasting into space atop an Ariane 5 launcher, two communications satellites started missions Sunday to beam broadband services to ships, airplanes and offshore oil rigs for a commercial Norwegian operator and relay signals for the Italian and French armed forces.
Commercial Ariane 5 flight rescheduled for Sunday
Arianespace plans to launch an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Sunday after fixing a disconnected helium vent line that required the launcher be returned to a hangar for repairs.
Live coverage: Two satellites lift off aboard Ariane 5
A Norwegian communications satellite designed to connect far-flung clients and a Franco-Italian military spacecraft blasted off Sunday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. Liftoff from the tropical spaceport occurred at 2000 GMT (4 p.m. EDT).
Ariane 5 in position for dual-satellite launch
Rolling out for its first liftoff of the year, an Ariane 5 rocket journeyed out of a launcher assembly building Thursday and rode railroad tracks to its launch pad in French Guiana with two European communications satellites.
Environmental satellite with ‘color vision’ lands in French Guiana
Wrapped inside a protective shipping container, Europe's Sentinel 2A land imaging satellite flew from Germany to French Guiana this week aboard an Antonov transport plane to prepare for launch aboard a Vega rocket in June.
Ariane 5 launch postponed by faulty connector
Arianespace has postponed this week's launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with two European communications satellites to replace a faulty fluid connector between the launcher and its mobile launch platform, officials said Tuesday.
VideoLook back at Friday’s Soyuz launch from the Amazon
Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation network lifted off at sunset Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket from a tropical launch pad at the edge of South America's Amazon rainforest. Look back at the picturesque liftoff with a video replay and launch photos.
Two new satellites join Europe’s fledgling navigation network
A Soyuz rocket soared into orbit after firing off a launch pad in the Amazon jungle Friday, deploying two satellites nearly 15,000 miles above Earth to expand Europe's Galileo system helping locate automobiles, airliners, and millions of other users around the world.
Managers confident ahead of critical launch for Galileo navigation system
Confident in technical and procedural fixes implemented since a launch in August left two Galileo satellites in the wrong orbit, officials with Europe's navigation program say Friday's liftoff of two identical craft on a Soyuz rocket will try to fill the same slots in the fleet as targeted by last year's failed mission.