Arianespace have launched their six mission of the year via the latest flight of the Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. The workhorse is carrying the NSS 12 and THOR-6 telecommunication satellites into orbit from the European Spaceport in in French Guiana. Lift-off was on schedule at the start of a 100 minute launch window that opened at [...]

Arianespace have launched their fifth mission of the year via their latest flight of the Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle. The workhorse launched with the Amazonas 2 and COMSATBw-1 satellites, with lift-off on schedule at the start of a 71 minutes launch window that opened at 6:59 pm local time in French Guiana (5:59 Eastern [...]

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle lifted-off with two space two telecommunication satellites – JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 – on Friday, and successfully placed them into their transfer orbit, following launch from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, at the start of a 60 minute launch window that opened at 6:09pm Eastern.

Arianespace were back in action on Wednesday, with the launch of their Ariane 5 ECA and a single passenger, the TerreStar-1 communications satellite. Launch from the European Spaceport in French Guiana was delayed by a storm that passed over the center, and several technical issues, before launching at 17:52 GMT.

ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 10:34 GMT on Wednesday, with their Soyuz TMA-15 scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) at 12:36 GMT on Friday 29 May – marking the start of six crew operations [...]

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle has lifted off to place two space telescopes into orbit on Thursday, launching from the European Spaceport in French Guiana at 13:12 GMT. The dual launch marks the opening lifespan of the Herschel and Planck observatories, which has a price tag of 1.9 billion Euros.

A Russian Rockot launch vehicle – a converted SS-19 Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) – launched on Tuesday, following a 24 hour delay when Monday’s attempt was scrubbed at T-7 seconds, due to an issue with the Launch Service Tower. The vehicle is carrying the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) spacecraft into orbit on Monday.

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle has lifted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the HOT BIRD 10 and NSS-9 telecommunications satellites. Launch occurred at 22:09 UTC. Arianespace is targeting six to eight Ariane 5 missions in 2009.

An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle has launched for the sixth and final time in 2008, lofting the HOT BIRD 9 and W2M telecommunication satellites into orbit from Kourou, French Guiana.

Arianespace’s continued push to dominate the launch service industry has taken another step forward on Thursday, with the dual payload launch of their Ariane 5 ECA vehicle – carrying Superbird-7 and AMC-21 from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Arianespace was action again this evening, with the launch of their Ariane 5 ECA vehicle, carrying a dual payload of the ProtoStar-1 and BADR-6 satellites. Launch too place at the opening of the launch window that opens at 5:47pm, from Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Arianespace are back on track with the dual payload launch of their Ariane 5 ECA, carrying Turksat 3A and the British Military satellite, Skynet 5C. The launch from French Guiana was slightly delayed to 6:05pm EDT.
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Arianespace’s Starsem affiliate has launched a Russian Soyuz-FG, carrying European GIOVE-B navigation satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch was on time at 6:16pm EDT – ending with a successful spacecraft separation nearly four hours later.
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Arianespace’s 2008 launch surge continued on Friday night with the dual launch of the VINASAT-1/Star One C2 telecommunication satellites via the Ariane 5 ECA from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. Both spacecraft were successfully separated during the latter stages of the 31 minute flight.
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Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) “Jules Verne” has sucecssfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Contact was confirmed at 14:45 GMT. Docking was complete 7 minutes later when the hooks were closed.
Following nearly a month of on orbit operations – including two successful demonstration days, controllers in France, the United States and [...]

An Ariane 5 ES has launched (4:03am UTC) with the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) resupply spacecraft, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The “Jules Verne” will park in orbit until after shuttle Endeavour departs ATV’s eventual destination – the ISS.
Completing its first major milestone, the ATV successfully separated from its launch vehicle, after [...]

Arianespace are in the conclusion of their successful year, with the dual launch of the RASCOM-QAF1 and HORIZONS 2 satellites via their Ariane 5 GS launch vehicle. Launch was delayed to 9:41pm GMT – following two holds due to launch pad issues.
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Arianespace have launched their fifth mission of the year via their Ariane 5 ECA, carrying the Skynet 5B for the British Ministry Of Defence (MoD) and Star One C1 telecommunications satellite. Launch was at10:06 GMT from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Arianespace are back in action today with the dual satellite launch of Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 via their Ariane 5 GS launch vehicle. Launch from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana.
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