The Ariane 5 ECA launcher successfully orbited two satellites on Saturday, February 12: the XTAR-EUR communications satellite for operator XTAR, and the Sloshsat scientific satellite for the European ...

Arianespace’s successful Ariane 5 ECA mission tonight marked a new record for commercial launchers, lofting a heavyweight dual satellite payload weighing more than 8,000 kg. Lifting off from the ELA-3 ...

Arianespace is preparing to launch its first Ariane 5 ECA booster featuring Snecma's first-stage Vulcain 2 cryogenic engine, which allows the vehicle to carry 10,000kg (22,000lb) into geostationary ...

First stage engine will be redesigned following nozzle failure on launcher's maiden mission A dedicated qualification flight of the Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle has been scheduled for March 2004. This ...

Ariane flight V164 is scheduled for launch on Saturday 12 February from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The launch window opens at 19:49 GMT and closes at 21:10 GMT. This is the second launch of ...

Arianespace has set Feb. 11 as the date for the reflight of its Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift booster, intended to launch a Spanish military/civil telecom satellite, XTAR-EUR. The mission was initially set ...

A small ceremony took place yesterday at the site of Snecma Moteurs in Vernon, France, to mark the beginning of industrial production of the Vulcain 2 engine, designed for the new Ariane 5 ECA and ...

Note: On 5 July 2023 SpaceRef.com editor Keith Cowing spoke with Deutsche Welle TV about the last flight of the Ariane 5 launch vehicle and its successor, the Ariane 6. [audio] Flight VA261 lifted off ...

There's not much going on next week in terms of rocket launches, we just have one launch from Arianespace. It will launch a German satellite and a French satellite on an Ariane 5 ECA+. Paul Hill ...

The Ariane 5 ECA rocket has completed its third of six planned launches this year, with another launch of two commercial satellites (Intelsat 11 and Optus D2) slated for the end of next month. During ...

Late last evening local time an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit . Liftoff took place ...