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Record pace of Ariane 5 flights planned for 2016

January 11, 2016 Stephen Clark

Arianespace plans 11 launches from French Guiana this year, including eight flights by the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket with up to a dozen large telecommunications satellites and four spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo navigation system.

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Ariane 5 sends up satellites for DirecTV, India

December 6, 2014 Stephen Clark

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.

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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off on commercial flight

December 6, 2014 Stephen Clark

After a two-day delay caused by unfavorable high-altitude winds, an Ariane 5 rocket lifted off Saturday at 3:40 p.m. EST (2040 GMT) from French Guiana with communications satellites for DirecTV and India.

News Headlines

  • 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
  • SpaceX pausing launches of new-generation Starlink satellites
    March 23, 2023
  • Relativity’s 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket reaches space, but falls short of orbit
    March 22, 2023
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