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Ariane 5

Brazilian and Indonesian telecom satellites healthy after Ariane 5 launch

February 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A pair of commercial broadcast satellites on the way to parking spots high above Brazil and Indonesia are safely in orbit after blasting off Tuesday atop an Ariane 5 rocket.

Ariane 5

Video: Ariane 5 darts through cloudy skies with Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S

February 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

An Ariane 5 rocket climbed into space from French Guiana on Tuesday evening, hauling the Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S communications satellites to orbit on the way to operating posts over Brazil and Indonesia.

Ariane 5

Photos: Ariane 5 rocket in position for first launch of 2017

February 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A powerful Ariane 5 rocket rolled out of its vertical assembly hangar to a tropical launch pad on the shores of South America on Monday, and these photos show the booster on the eve of liftoff.

Ariane 5

Live coverage: European launcher heads to orbit from French Guiana

February 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

Arianespace’s launch team loaded an Ariane 5 rocket full of super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants Tuesday for a fiery sunset blastoff from French Guiana at 2139 GMT (4:39 p.m. EST) with two European-built television broadcast satellites for Brazil and Indonesia.

Ariane 5

Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of Sky Brasil 1 and Telkom 3S

February 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A commercial satellite to broadcast television programming to millions of homes in Brazil and a multipurpose communications craft to beam high-definition video and Internet signals across Indonesia are awaiting a half-hour ride into orbit on an Ariane 5 rocket Tuesday.

Ariane 5

Ariane 5 launcher set for sunset blastoff Tuesday

February 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

Two commercial communications satellites heading for orbits more than 22,000 miles above Earth are scheduled for launch from a jungle launch facility in French Guiana at sunset Tuesday on top of an Ariane 5 rocket.

News Headlines

  • Indian launch gives OneWeb enough satellites for global internet service
    March 26, 2023
  • Live coverage: India’s LVM3 rocket lifts off with 36 more OneWeb satellites
    March 25, 2023
  • Falcon 9 deploys 56 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s 20th launch of the year
    March 24, 2023
  • Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites from New Zealand
    March 24, 2023
  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink internet satellites
    March 24, 2023
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