Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket launched on its penultimate flight Sunday, carrying the THEOS-2 Earth-observation satellite for Thailand, Taiwan’s Triton (FORMOSAT-7R) weather satellite, and ten small satellites. Lifoff from the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana came after a scrub 48 hours previously.
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Launch Roundup – Arianespace launches Ariane 5 final flight; SpaceX flies one of last Starlink v1.5 flights
Four launches were successfully conducted for the week of July 2 through July 9. The…
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Arianespace suffers failure on first operational Vega-C mission
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Arianespace, ULA, Blue Origin discuss executing ambitious Kuiper constellation missions for Amazon
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Arianespace has launched its first mission of the year from the Guiana Space Center in…
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Arianespace discusses Ariane 5 fly-out requirements, launcher’s legacy to Ariane 6 and beyond
Arianespace and their European partners are looking toward the final five flights of the veteran…
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Vega-C stages in launch preparation as Avio, Arianespace progress toward rocket’s debut
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Arianespace launches Soyuz ST-B with new batch of Galileo satellites
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket launched on its third mission of the year with the Capacité de…
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Earth observation satellite and secondary payloads launched on Arianespace Vega
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Arianespace launches Vega’s return to flight with rideshare mission
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Arianespace and Starsem to continue OneWeb constellation deployment with fifth launch
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Arianespace, with Russian Soyuz, launches CSO-2 French military satellite
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Arianespace launches 36 OneWeb satellites from Russia for the U.K.
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Arianespace return to Vega launch preparations following two month pause
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Arianespace has announced that the launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center will resume soon.…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket is on track to conduct its Return To Flight (RTF) mission in…
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The European launch services provider Arianespace — in conjunction with the European-Russian Starsem company —…