November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
..., the two make up BepiColombo, which will be launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana in October 2018.... Transport Module will be folded while inside the Ariane 5 rocket. Another test performed was the stacking together ...
25 January 2016
ESA to Invest in Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser
...launch of the Dream Chaser inside the fairing of Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket. “There is a memorandum of understanding not only with.... “The idea is to have Dream Chaser also launched with an Ariane. We have checked and that is possible. There is already a...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
...carry only two-tonne class communication satellites. Those with a higher mass have to be launched by Arianespace’s Ariane-5 rocket from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana. Thereafter, there are any number of missions relating to remote...
09 October 2019
The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully
... A second Mission Extension Vehicle, set for launch in 2020, is also planned. This spacecraft will launch on top of an Ariane 5 rocket and it is also being geared up to service another ageing Intelsat communications satellite in geostationary orbit.
25 May 2016
Successful liftoff for Soyuz
... for other reasons too, as it was Galileo’s last flight using a Soyuz rocket. From the end of 2016, further launches will proceed with a customised Ariane 5 rocket that will lift four satellites into orbit in one flight, rather...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... Simulator (LSS). The integration and testing of the various modules is being completed and the launch of BepiColombo on an Ariane 5 rocket is currently scheduled for 2018. After a six-year cruise, that will see the spacecraft fly by Venus...
