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VideoRewatch the Ariane 5’s spectacular sunset liftoff
Watch multi-angle video replays of Tuesday's blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from the jungles of South America carrying two communications satellite for Arabsat and the Indian Space Research Organization.
VideoPhotos: Soyuz blasts off from the jungle
A late-night liftoff Thursday lit up the forested shoreline of South America as a Russian-made Soyuz rocket streaked into orbit with two new satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Relive the launch with a video replay and photos of the fiery departure.
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.
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.
VideoDirecTV satellites blast off on Ariane 5 rocket
An Ariane 5 rocket fired into space from a tropical spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday, successfully delivering two television broadcast satellites into high-altitude orbits for DirecTV and Sky Mexico.
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.
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.
VideoSoyuz/Galileo launch timeline
Follow the key events of the Soyuz rocket’s ascent into orbit from the Guiana Space Center with two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
VideoPhotos: Soyuz soars skyward from French Guiana
Flying for the 10th time from a tropical launch facility along the South American coastline, a Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Dec. 18 and streaked through partly sunny skies with four satellites to extend the reach of the O3b Networks, a company founded to bring broadband to the world's most remote and impoverished countries.
VideoAriane 5 sends up satellites for DirecTV, India
Two communications satellites rode an Ariane 5 rocket into space Saturday -- one to beam down ultra-sharp television programming into millions of American homes and another craft to give Indian citizens expanded access to information technology.