SES WORLD SKIES' NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5 Oct 30, 2009
NSS-12 was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, with launch services on-board Ariane 5 provided by Arianespace ... Our thanks for a mission well accomplished go to the skilled engineering and operations teams of Arianespace, Space Systems/Loral and SES ENGINEERING. After NSS-9 in February, this is the second successful Ariane 5 launch of an SES satellite in 2009 ... Congratulations to SES WORLD SKIES and Arianespace for another flawless launch. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Ariane 5 carries two satellites into space Oct 2, 2009
PARIS, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Two telecommunications satellites Amanzonas 2 and COMSATBw-1 are successfully launched into space aboard rocket Ariane 5 from the spaceport in French Guiana Thursday, the live webcast of Arianespace headquartered near Paris showed. The launcher Ariane 5 ECA, ignited in the South American jungle (2159 GMT), took off with a total lift performance of 9,087 kg, which includes 7,905 kg for the pair of satellites. (Xinhuanet, China)
South Korea's first rocket ready - at last Aug 11, 2009
It even surpasses the number of launches conducted by its major rival, the France-owned Arianespace facility in South America, last year. Russia also has a massive new launch facility under construction inside its borders. (Asia Times Online)
Broadband satellite jumps rocket Jul 23, 2009
Its owner, Avanti Communications, signed a contract on Wednesday with Arianespace to use one of its launchers - either an Ariane 5 or a Soyuz ... Avanti's chief executive, David Williams, said his broadband company had now raised the extra money needed to buy the certainty afforded by Arianespace's tried and tested - albeit more expensive - vehicles ... Jean-Yves Le Gall chairman, CEO, Arianespace. (BBC News -- Science)
Guyana Finds Possible Debris From Air France Crash Jul 19, 2009
Arianespace last launched a rocket on July 1. Guyana and French Guiana are located just north of Brazil. (CBS News -- World)
Contracts give impetus to Galileo Jun 16, 2009
And rocket company Arianespace has signed the deal which will loft the system's first operational platforms ... Monday's second contract signing saw Arianespace agree to launch the IOVs on Soyuz rockets on from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana in 2010. (BBC News -- Europe)
Rocket Departs French Guiana On Big Bang Mission May 16, 2009
"Today, we are seeking the origins of the universe," said Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of French satellite launcher Arianespace, which manufactured the rocket ... 5 feet), according to Arianespace. (CBS News -- World)
Does Size Matter in Space? Europe to Find Out May 16, 2009
"We are seeking the origins of the universe," said Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of French satellite launcher Arianespace, which on Thursday launched the Herschel space telescope and a companion spacecraft from French Guiana. The Herschel space telescope, the largest ever launched, will observe chunks of ice and dust left over from the formation of planets, playing a "complementary" role to the versatile Hubble, said Andreas Diekmann, director of the European Space Agency's Washington... (Fox News)
Telescope 'cousins' meet at last Mar 7, 2009
"Herschel and Planck will be assembled on payload adaptors, and then the fairing will be closed and hoisted on top of the launcher," explained Jean-Jacques Auffret, from rocket operator Arianespace. "After that there will be tests to ensure that all electrical links are OK. And then we roll out.". (BBC News)
