The European launch provider Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 rocket to launch communications satellites for Saudi Arabia and India today (Feb. 5). The mission is scheduled to lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana during a 61-minute launch window that opens at 4:01 p.m. EST (2101 GMT). You can watch the launch live in the window above, courtesy of Arianespace, or directly via the company's YouTube channel. Live coverage with commentary will begin approximately 15–20 minutes before the launch window opens. The Ariane 5 rocket will loft into orbit two satellites. One of the satellites, SaudiGeoSat 1/Hellas Sat 4, carries two payloads that will provide telecommunications services over Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The second satellite is the Indian Space Research Organization's GSAT-31, which will provide broadband communications coverage over India. You can read more about the satellite payloads … [Read more...] about Watch Live Now! Ariane 5 Rocket Launching 2 Communications Satellites for Saudi Arabia and India
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Watch Live @ 4 pm ET: Ariane 5 Rocket Launching 2 Communications Satellites for Saudi Arabia and India
The European launch provider Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 rocket to launch communications satellites for Saudi Arabia and India today (Feb. 5). The mission is scheduled to lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana during a 61-minute launch window that opens at 4:01 p.m. EST (2101 GMT). You can watch the launch live in the window above, courtesy of Arianespace, or directly via the company's YouTube channel. Live coverage with commentary will begin approximately 15–20 minutes before the launch window opens. The Ariane 5 rocket will loft into orbit two satellites. One of the satellites, SaudiGeoSat 1/Hellas Sat 4, carries two payloads that will provide telecommunications services over Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The second satellite is the Indian Space Research Organization's GSAT-31, which will provide broadband communications coverage over India. You can read more about the satellite payloads … [Read more...] about Watch Live @ 4 pm ET: Ariane 5 Rocket Launching 2 Communications Satellites for Saudi Arabia and India
Watch an Ariane 5 Rocket Launch 2 Satellites Today!
An Ariane 5 rocket will launch two new communications satellites for Saudi Arabia and India today (Feb. 5), and you can watch the liftoff live online! The Ariane 5, provided by the European launch company Arianespace, will lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana during a 61-minute launch window that opens at 4:01 p.m. EST (2101 GMT). A live webcast with commentary from Arianespace will begin approximately 20 minutes before then. You can watch the launch live here on Space.com, courtesy of Arianespace, or you can stream it directly from Arianespace's YouTube channel, which offers both English and French versions of the webcast. Two new telecommunications satellites will hitch a ride to orbit inside the rocket's payload fairing. One of the satellites carries two payloads — the Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1 (SGS-1) and Hellas Sat 4 (HS-4) — on what is known as a "condosat," or a satellite platform that can support a combination of payloads. The … [Read more...] about Watch an Ariane 5 Rocket Launch 2 Satellites Today!
How to watch live online as China attempts to land on the Moon
Picture credit: CNSAChina is orbiting the moon – and is about to (try to) land on it. Almost exactly 50 years after NASA's Apollo 8 mission successfully put astronauts in orbit of our satellite for the first time, a Chinese probe called Chang’e-4 (CH-4) now circling the moon is about to send a lander to the moon's far side.That's a destination no space agency has visited before, and it will be a huge test of China's space technology – and a massive source of national pride if it comes off. Could it be the beginning of another space race to get back to the Moon?How to watch China's moon landing live on TVThere's a belief that the China National Space Administration (CNSA, the national space agency of China), is quasi-military and keeps everything under wraps, but in reality, it's little different to NASA.A few years ago it broadcast the landing of its Chang'e-3 (CH-3) moon probe live on Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television's English language channel. You … [Read more...] about How to watch live online as China attempts to land on the Moon
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket for third time
Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California carrying 64 small satellites into low orbit around the Earth, which the company called the largest-ever "ride share" mission by a US-based rocket. The mission, dubbed SSO-A, also marked the third voyage to space for the same Falcon 9 rocket -- another milestone for SpaceX's cost-cutting reusable rocket technology. The Falcon 9 blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10.34am local time, carrying satellites from 34 different companies, government agencies, and universities. SpaceX said the mission was "one of the most complex and intricate endeavours" for Seattle-based startup Spaceflight, the ride-share company that arranged passage for each satellite maker. The mission comes days after India fired a rocket carrying 31 satellites from eight different countries into space. After the launch, the Falcon 9's first-stage booster returned to earth as planned, landing on a ship off the … [Read more...] about SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket for third time