https://spacewatch.global/tag/ariane-5/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ariane-5/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/juice-completes-flyby-past-earth-moon-enroute-venus/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56669 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft has successfully completed a lunar-Earth flyby, using the gravity of Earth to send it Venus-bound, on a shortcut to Jupiter through the inner Solar System. The closest approach to the Moon was at 23:15 CEST (21:15 UTC) on 19 August, guiding Juice towards the closest approach to Earth just over 24 hours later at 23:56 CEST (21:56 UTC) on 20 August.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/ariane-6-rocket-targets-july-9-for-inaugural-launch/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55508 The Ariane 6 Task Force, including ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, ArianeGroup CEO Martin Sion, CNES CEO Philippe Baptiste and Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël have announced that it is targeting July 9 for the inaugural launch of the Ariane 6 rocket. The Task Force made the announcement at the ILA Berlin Air Show in Germany. Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR, was also present at the announcement.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/esas-ariane-6-engine-completes-firing-test/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50915 ESA’s new Ariane 6 launch vehicle, consisting of its upper and core stage, has been fuelled up and its core stage engine fired. The Vulcain 2.1 engine was ignited on the launch page, and fired for four seconds before switching off and its liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fuels were drained to their separate underground tanks. These tests are the continuation of an earlier test on the 18th of July.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/trad-software-ready-for-juice-launch/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47939 TRAD's (Tests and Radiation) technology will be on board the JUICE space probe which will launch on the 13th of April at 09:15 local time on board the Ariane 5 which will launch from the European spaceport Kourou.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/galileo-galilei-commemorative-plaque-unveiled-by-esa/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46163 The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a commemorative plaque celebrating Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons on ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer as part of the final preparations.  The plaque is a tribute to Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei who was the first to view Jupiter and its four largest moons through a telescope in January 1610.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/ariane-5-successfully-launches-eutelsats-konnect-vhts-satellite/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43198 Arianespace’s heavy-lift launcher, Ariane 5, flight VA258, has successfully deployed Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) telecommunications satellite in orbit. This was the launcher’s second mission of the year, the 114th overall, and the 37th time that Ariane launched a satellite for Eutelsat.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/arianespace-to-launch-eutelsats-konnect-satellite-on-ariane-5/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43020 Launch company Arianespace, is to launch satellite operator Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) telecommunications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket on 6th September, Arianespace said. Eutelsat aims to provide high-speed internet access throughout Europe, even in isolated regions, with the help of the mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/first-ariane-5-launch-of-2022-successfully-supports-malaysia-and-india/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41758 Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle has successfully placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit: MEASAT-3d for the Malaysian operator MEASAT, and GSAT-24 built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on behalf of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ArianeGroup said. The launch was the first mission of the year, and the 113th overall.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/soyuz-launches-operated-by-arianespace-and-starsem-suspended/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39680 Arianespace is strictly abiding by the sanctions decided by the international community (EU, USA and UK) following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company said. The operation of the Soyuz launcher from Europe’s Spaceport, French Guiana and from Baikonur, Kazakhstan through Starsem have been governed by the France-Russia inter-governmental, and the ESA–Roscosmos agreement. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/arianegroup-presents-launcher-family-with-reusable-mini-rocket/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38744&preview=true&preview_id=38744 ArianeGroup develops the concept of a new European launcher family with a reusable first stage and a new mini launcher called Maia, the company said. The family consists of a mini launch vehicle with a reusable first stage, a medium-heavy launch vehicle, a heavy launch vehicle and a super-heavy launch vehicle that uses the first stage of the mini launch vehicle as a booster, ArianeGroup said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/ariane-5-launches-webb-on-its-journey-1-5-million-km-away/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38118&preview=true&preview_id=38118 Ariane 5 has launched the giant James Webb Telescope into its transfer orbit. The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Christmas day, and the telescope separated successfully at an altitude of close to 1500 kilometers 27 minutes into the flight.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/ariane-5-breaks-world-record-for-gto-mass-injection/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:30:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36678&preview=true&preview_id=36678 Arianespace has launched another Ariane 5 from ArianeGroup with two giant satellites on board and broke the record of the largest total mass injected with a single flight into the geostationary transfer orbit. For its 111th launch, flight number VA255 from Kourou, French Guiana, Ariane 5 executed the “highest performing flight by any launcher to geostationary transfer orbit”.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/james-webb-telescope-to-be-launched-on-ariane-5-in-december/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35601&preview=true&preview_id=35601 The European and the U.S. space agencies, ESA and NASA, have scheduled the launch of the giant James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 rocket for 18 December 2021, Arianespace said. Flight VA256 is scheduled for 18 December from the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace said. The launcher and launch services are part of ESA´s contribution to the Webb project.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/james-webb-telescope-gets-ready-for-shipment-to-kourou/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35382&preview=true&preview_id=35382 The giant James Webb Space Telescope is ready to be shipped to its launch site at Europe´s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for its shipment. The final tests were carried out at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in California, U.S.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/ariane-5-back-to-flight-with-launch-of-eutelsats-quantum/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34800 Eutelsat Quantum, the first sophisticated telecommunication satellite was launched on board of an Ariane 5 on 30th July at 23:00 CEST from French Guiana Space Centre. The launch marks Arianespace’s 6th successful mission of the year. The commercial, fully flexible satellite can be repurposed completely during its time in space thanks to its configurable software-defined design.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/james-webb-telescope-on-ariane-5-in-october-november/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33239&preview=true&preview_id=33239 The giant James Webb Space Telescope is on Arianespace’s launch manifest for the fourth quarter of this year, officials from the European launcher and the U.S. space agency said. The telescope could be shipped from the U.S. to French Guiana late August, Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science mission director, said at a virtual press briefing and mission update.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/spacewatchgl-interviews-daniel-neuenschwander-of-esa/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29049 https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/arianespace-planning-up-to-four-more-ariane5-launches-this-year/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28013&preview=true&preview_id=28013 Arianespace planning up to four more Ariane 5 launches this year]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/avio-resisted-covid-crisis-with-continued-operations-and-earnings-increase/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26135&preview=true&preview_id=26135 Avio resisted COVID crisis with continued operations and earnings increase]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/arianespaces-ariane-5-orbits-galaxy-30-mev-2-and-bsat-4b/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25227&preview=true&preview_id=25227 Designated Flight VA253 in Arianespace’s numbering system, this mission was performed from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone – with Ariane 5 deploying its three passengers during a sequence lasting 47 minutes from liftoff to final separation. It marked the 253rd launch of an Ariane-series vehicle to date, and the 109th using an Ariane 5.]]>