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Ariane 5

Ariane 5 launches India’s biggest satellite, South Korean weather observer

December 4, 2018 Stephen Clark

An Ariane 5 rocket fired off a launch pad in French Guiana Tuesday with nearly 3 million pounds of thundering thrust, heading to orbit with India’s heaviest satellite designed to expand broadband coverage across the South Asian nation, and a South Korean weather satellite carrying an U.S.-built imager to track storms and cyclones across the Asia-Pacific.

Ariane 5

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket launches satellites for India, South Korea

December 4, 2018 Stephen Clark

Arianespace launched an Ariane 5 rocket on its sixth and final flight of the year at 2037 GMT (3:37 p.m. EST) Tuesday, blasting off from Kourou, French Guiana, with India’s heaviest-ever satellite and a South Korean weather satellite equipped with a U.S.-made imaging camera.

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Arianespace edges out SpaceX to launch Korean satellites

February 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

Two South Korean Earth-watching satellites will ride Ariane 5 rockets into orbit in 2018 and 2019 after Arianespace beat SpaceX in a competition to launch the spacecraft.

News Headlines

  • Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission slips a week due to spacecraft issue
    September 28, 2023
  • Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan to end record-breaking mission; Rubio: “It’s good to be home”
    September 27, 2023
  • Live coverage: Space station crew return to Earth after 371-day mission
    September 27, 2023
  • Rapid response Victus Nox launch success open new possibilities for Space Force, commercial space industry
    September 27, 2023
  • Two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut head for Wednesday landing after yearlong mission
    September 26, 2023
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