Eutelsat

Ariane 5 succeeds in launch of two high-value communications satellites

June 2, 2017

A pair of ViaSat and Eutelsat communications satellites — one to broadcast unparalleled high-speed Internet from space, and another to connect the Asia-Pacific — streaked into space Thursday from French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket, setting records for the heaviest and most valuable commercial payload ever put into orbit.

Launch timeline for Ariane 5’s flight with ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B

June 1, 2017

An Ariane 5 rocket will fire into the sky from French Guiana Thursday evening and deliver a record heavyweight payload to orbit less than an hour later.

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches on record-breaking mission

June 1, 2017

An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off Thursday at 2345 GMT (7:45 p.m. EDT), flying from a French Guiana launch pad to geostationary transfer orbit with the ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B communications satellites.

Two high-power broadband satellites set for record-breaking launch on Ariane 5 rocket

June 1, 2017

A pair of innovative satellites for ViaSat and Eutelsat, valued at approximately $800 million, are scheduled to lift off Thursday on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana, hauling the heaviest and costliest commercial payload ever launched.

Operations resume at European-run launch base in French Guiana

April 25, 2017

Ground crews returned to work Monday at the Guiana Space Center, a European-run spaceport on the northeastern shore of South America, after protests and a general strike across French Guiana interrupted launch operations for five weeks.

Blue Origin details new rocket’s capabilities, signs first orbital customer

March 7, 2017

Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos revealed new details of his space company’s reusable orbital-class booster Tuesday, releasing an animation illustrating the rocket’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral and announcing a contract with Eutelsat to put a commercial communications satellite on one of the launcher’s first missions.

Orbital ATK books Proton rocket for first commercial satellite servicing mission

October 14, 2016

Armed with capital and an anchor customer for a trailblazing satellite life extension service, Orbital ATK has signed a contract to loft its first robotic servicing tug aboard a Russian Proton rocket in 2018 on a shared launch with a Eutelsat communications satellite.

Ariane 5 succeeds in launch of two high-value communications satellites

Launch timeline for Ariane 5’s flight with ViaSat 2 and Eutelsat 172B

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches on record-breaking mission

Two high-power broadband satellites set for record-breaking launch on Ariane 5 rocket

Operations resume at European-run launch base in French Guiana

Blue Origin details new rocket’s capabilities, signs first orbital customer

Orbital ATK books Proton rocket for first commercial satellite servicing mission

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