Science news articles about 'ariane 5'

Yesterday, a successful test firing of an Ariane 5 solid rocket booster took place at the ... in Kourou, French Guiana. The test was part of the Ariane 5 Research and Technology Accompaniment (ARTA) ...

An Ariane 5 rocket launched two satellites for Arab and Asian customers into orbit on Monday.

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe`s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into ...

A heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket launched two new communications spacecraft Saturday.

An Ariane 5 rocket launched four new satellites into orbit late Thursday.

At 15:12:02 CEST, at the beginning of a 55-minute launch window, the Herschel and Planck satellite pair lifted off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

PARIS (Reuters) - France wants Europe to start looking into a space rocket launcher to replace Ariane 5 at some point between 2020 and 2025, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said on Saturday.

An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched a pair of new communications satellites, one each for Japan and Australia, on Friday.

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Amazonas 2 and ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe`s Spaceport ... geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and the fourth dual-payload ...

Arianespace, the Paris-based company which operates Europe's rocket service, places an order for 35 new Ariane 5 ECA launchers.

TerreStar-1, the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite, is put in orbit by an Ariane 5.

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into ...

... infancy of the Universe. The satellite is due to be launched on board an Ariane 5 rocket on April 16th. The aim of this international mission, managed by the European Space Agency (ESA), is ...