Ariane 5 returned to action on Tuesday with another dual passenger launch this time with GSAT-11 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A. Liftoff from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana was on schedule at ...

which has lower expected launch costs. The loss of Ariane 5 and the European Space Agency's (ESA) severing of links with Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, in the wake of the country's invasion ...

the Ariane 5, experienced an anomaly during its latest launch. Telemetry from the vehicle was lost about nine minutes into its flight from French Guiana, shortly after its upper-stage began the ...

The first launch of Ariane 6 ... While military satellites made up a limited share of Ariane 5 launches, the retired rocket's final mission in July 2023 lifted the French Syracuse 4B military ...

The launch complex covers 170 hectares, with buildings on 18 hectares. The site is located 17 km away from the town of Kourou and 4 km west from the Ariane 5 launch pad. With ample distance from ...

Engineers first created Ariane-5 in the 1980s with the aim of using it to launch a shuttle into space for astronauts. However, it was decided that would be too expensive, so in 1996 the rocket was ...

The nuts and bolts left over from Ariane 5 rockets are being used to slice through European space history, literally. A French company that crafts knife handles from leftover rocket metal and the ...

It already has a backlog of launch contracts, but there are worries its design could limit future prospects. Like its predecessor, Ariane-5, the new model is expendable - a new rocket is needed ...

The company also has produced a series of keychains in a selection of the same woods and embedded with Ariane 5 steel flakes that depict the rocket and its launch site.

However, before such a launch can be carried out successfully ... The Vulcain engine was built for the Ariane 5 launcher by the company SNECMA. The engine was tested in 147 tests within 44,040 test ...

For NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to fit into an Ariane V rocket for launch, it must fold up. This graphic shows how Webb fits into the rocket fairing with little room to spare. Disclaimer ...