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Ariane 6 Launches Metop-SGA1 Weather Satellite into Polar Orbit
Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket completed its third successful launch on Aug. 12, 2025, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 8:37 p.m. EDT. The mission carried Metop-SGA1, an 8,900-pound next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite operated by EUMETSAT. Placed into an 800 km polar orbit 64 minutes after liftoff, Metop-SGA1 will deliv...
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Vega-C Rocket Successfully Returns to Flight with Sentinel-1C Launch After 2022 Failure
The Vega-C rocket has successfully resumed operations, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite. After a failure in 2022, Vega-C’s design was updated, allowing it to complete this mission. Sentinel-1C will work alongside Sentinel-1A to enhance Earth’s monitoring capabilities. The launch took place from the Guiana Space C...
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NASA to Unveil New Webb Image on Telescope's First Anniversary
NASA is set to unveil a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope on Wednesday. Webb was launched in December 2021 from French Guiana, on a million mile (1.6 million kilometer) voyage to a region called the second Lagrange point. Its first full colour picture was revealed by President Joe Biden on July 11, 2022: the clearest view yet of the ear...
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European Light Launcher Rocket Vega-C Lost Shortly After Launch In French Guiana
The European light launcher rocket Vega-C was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board.
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Top 5 Spectacular Images Captured By NASA's James Webb Telescope In 2022
The next-generation observatory was launched atop the Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on December 25, 2021.
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ESA’s Upgraded Vega-C Rocket Lifts Off on Maiden Flight, Releases 7 Satellites
The European Space Agency on Wednesday announced the first flight of its upgraded Vega-C rocket. An improved version of the Vega rocket that made its debut in 2012 as a launcher specialising in lifting small payloads into space, Bega-C can carry heavier payloads while using up less fuel, according to the space agency. On Wednesday, the Vega-C rocke...
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India's GSAT-24 Satellite Launched Onboard Ariane 5 Rocket, Entire Capacity Leased to Tata Play
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play.
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ISRO's GSAT-24 Successfully Launched On-Board Ariane-v VA257 Flight From French Guiana
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s GSAT-24 satellite was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday. It is the first "demand driven" communication satellite mission undertaken by NSIL post space sector reforms.
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ISRO to Launch Communication Satellite GSAT-24 From French Guiana on June 22
Indian Space Research Organisation to launch India's communication satellite GSAT-24 by Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana on June 22. The satellite and its allied equipment were shipped to Kourou, French Guiana on May 18 using C-17 Globemaster aircraft.
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James Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed by NASA to Christmas Day Due to Bad Weather
NASA has delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which would be the successor to the Hubble. The space agency said the launch will happen a day later than the earlier stipulated time, on Christmas Day, December 25, from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, where high winds are a major factor.
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Ariane 6 Launches Metop-SGA1 Weather Satellite into Polar Orbit
Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket completed its third successful launch on Aug. 12, 2025, lifting off from Kourou, French Guiana at 8:37 p.m. EDT. The mission carried Metop-SGA1, an 8,900-pound next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite operated by EUMETSAT. Placed into an 800 km polar orbit 64 minutes after liftoff, Metop-SGA1 will deliv...
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Vega-C Rocket Successfully Returns to Flight with Sentinel-1C Launch After 2022 Failure
The Vega-C rocket has successfully resumed operations, launching the Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite. After a failure in 2022, Vega-C’s design was updated, allowing it to complete this mission. Sentinel-1C will work alongside Sentinel-1A to enhance Earth’s monitoring capabilities. The launch took place from the Guiana Space C...
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NASA to Unveil New Webb Image on Telescope's First Anniversary
NASA is set to unveil a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope on Wednesday. Webb was launched in December 2021 from French Guiana, on a million mile (1.6 million kilometer) voyage to a region called the second Lagrange point. Its first full colour picture was revealed by President Joe Biden on July 11, 2022: the clearest view yet of the ear...
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European Light Launcher Rocket Vega-C Lost Shortly After Launch In French Guiana
The European light launcher rocket Vega-C was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board.
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Top 5 Spectacular Images Captured By NASA's James Webb Telescope In 2022
The next-generation observatory was launched atop the Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on December 25, 2021.
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ESA’s Upgraded Vega-C Rocket Lifts Off on Maiden Flight, Releases 7 Satellites
The European Space Agency on Wednesday announced the first flight of its upgraded Vega-C rocket. An improved version of the Vega rocket that made its debut in 2012 as a launcher specialising in lifting small payloads into space, Bega-C can carry heavier payloads while using up less fuel, according to the space agency. On Wednesday, the Vega-C rocke...
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India's GSAT-24 Satellite Launched Onboard Ariane 5 Rocket, Entire Capacity Leased to Tata Play
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play.
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ISRO's GSAT-24 Successfully Launched On-Board Ariane-v VA257 Flight From French Guiana
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s GSAT-24 satellite was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday. It is the first "demand driven" communication satellite mission undertaken by NSIL post space sector reforms.
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ISRO to Launch Communication Satellite GSAT-24 From French Guiana on June 22
Indian Space Research Organisation to launch India's communication satellite GSAT-24 by Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana on June 22. The satellite and its allied equipment were shipped to Kourou, French Guiana on May 18 using C-17 Globemaster aircraft.
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James Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed by NASA to Christmas Day Due to Bad Weather
NASA has delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which would be the successor to the Hubble. The space agency said the launch will happen a day later than the earlier stipulated time, on Christmas Day, December 25, from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, where high winds are a major factor.
