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Surveillance photos reveal apparent explosion on Iranian launch pad

August 30, 2019

A day after commercial satellite images revealed a smoke plume over an Iranian launch pad, President Trump tweeted a remarkably high-resolution aerial photograph of the remote satellite launch facility Friday — apparently from a classified satellite or airborne drone — and denied U.S. involvement in the accident.

Two communications satellites ride Ariane 5 rocket into geostationary transfer orbit

August 6, 2019

A U.S.-built commercial communications craft owned by Intelsat and a new node for Europe’s laser data relay satellite network rocketed into orbit Tuesday from Kourou, French Guiana, on top of an Ariane 5 rocket.

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket takes off from French Guiana

August 6, 2019

Two communications payloads — one for Intelsat and another for Europe’s data relay satellite system — lifted off from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 1930 GMT (3:30 p.m. EDT) Tuesday.

Second node ready to join European laser relay network

August 6, 2019

A German-built satellite designed to relay data between other orbiting spacecraft and ground stations using laser beams is set for launch in tandem with an Intelsat communications craft Tuesday from Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.

Ariane 5 launch delayed in aftermath of Vega failure

July 20, 2019

The next flight of an Ariane 5 rocket, previously set for next week, has been delayed to no earlier than July 30 to review the readiness components it has in common with the Vega rocket after a launch failure earlier this month.

Commercial satellite images historic Apollo launch pads

July 9, 2019

Maxar’s eagle-eyed WorldView 3 satellite captured high-resolution views Monday of NASA’s twin Apollo-era launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, both now home to new launch vehicles 50 years after humans took their first steps on the moon.

Surveillance photos reveal apparent explosion on Iranian launch pad

Two communications satellites ride Ariane 5 rocket into geostationary transfer orbit

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket takes off from French Guiana

Second node ready to join European laser relay network

Ariane 5 launch delayed in aftermath of Vega failure

Commercial satellite images historic Apollo launch pads

Two commercial broadcast satellites launched on Ariane 5 rocket

Live coverage: Ariane 5 successful in dual-payload launch from French Guiana

Ariane 5 rocket arrives at launch pad with two TV broadcast satellites

Photos: Falcon 9’s fog-enshrouded launch and landing at Vandenberg