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VideoLive coverage: Japanese and South Korean satellites launch on Ariane 5 rocket
A European-built Ariane 5 rocket launched Tuesday with a U.S.-made communications satellite for Tokyo-based Sky Perfect JSAT and a South Korean environmental observatory. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 launcher took off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:18 p.m. EST (2218 GMT; 7:18 p.m. French Guiana time).
Successful Soyuz launch deploys 34 satellites for OneWeb network
A Russian Soyuz launcher fired into orbit from the remote steppe of Kazakhstan Thursday with 34 satellites built on Florida’s Space Coast, commencing a sequence of launches to deploy a network of nearly 650 spacecraft for a global broadband network owned by OneWeb.
Photos: Soyuz rocket poised for launch with 34 OneWeb satellites
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b booster is standing at the Complex 31 launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for liftoff with 34 OneWeb broadband satellites early Friday, local time.
VideoSoyuz rolls out to launch pad with OneWeb satellites
A Soyuz-2.1b booster loaded with 34 satellites for OneWeb's global Internet network rolled out of its assembly building Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and rode a rail car to its launch pad for final preflight checks before liftoff Thursday.
First satellites off OneWeb’s new Florida assembly line set for launch this week
The first 34 satellites manufactured on a new commercial spacecraft assembly line just outside the gates of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are scheduled for liftoff on a Soyuz rocket Thursday halfway around the world in Kazakhstan, kicking off a sequence of up to 20 launches from three countries to deploy nearly 650 satellites for OneWeb's global Internet network.
Government watchdog warns of another JWST launch delay
The James Webb Space Telescope is at risk of another launch delay beyond the mission's current target launch date in March 2021, the Government Accountability Office said this week.
VideoPhotos: Ariane 5’s fiery climb to space from French Guiana
A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into a gloomy sky Thursday over French Guiana and streaked into space from the tropical launch base with 2.9 million pounds of thrust from two solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine.
Arianespace opens busy year with successful Ariane 5 launch
The first of up to 22 launches on Arianespace's schedule in 2020 successfully delivered a commercial European broadband satellite and an Indian communications payload to orbit Thursday using a heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket.
Photos: Ariane 5 rocket rolled out for first launch of 2020
A nearly 180-foot-tall (54.8-meter) Ariane 5 rocket rolled out of its integration hangar to the ELA-3 launch zone Wednesday at the Guiana Space Center in South America, moving into position for liftoff Thursday with two geostationary communications satellites.
VideoLive coverage: Ariane 5 launches telecom satellites for Eutelsat, ISRO
Arianespace's first launch of 2020 lifted off at 4:05 p.m. EST (2105 GMT; 6:05 p.m. French Guiana time) Thursday from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern shore of South America. An Ariane 5 rocket launched the Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT 30 communications satellite for Eutelsat and the Indian Space Research Organization.