Neowin News Feed for: Arianespace

SpaceX crew prepares to go to space after delay - TWIRL #179

Paul Hill — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 06:58:02 +0000

We have several missions This Week in Rocket Launches but the most interesting will be the launch of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission. Read more...

Launches from China and New Zealand coming up, watch the Ariane 6 maiden flight - TWIRL #173

Paul Hill — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:32:01 +0000

We have three launches coming up this week, two will be from China and the other will be from New Zealand. Also, be sure to check out the recap section this week for the maiden Ariane 6 flight. Read more...

Europe celebrates the maiden flight of Ariane 6 as it regains independent access to space

Martin Hodás — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:01 +0000

The new European rocket launcher Ariane 6 completed its inaugural mission despite an anomaly in the final phase. Previous delays and failures meant Europe had no operational rocket for a year. Read more...

Ariane 6 to launch on maiden flight this week - TWIRL #172

Paul Hill — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:28:01 +0000

Arianespace is preparing to launch Ariane 6 on its maiden flight This Week in Rocket Launches. We also have an interesting clip in the recap of the Tianlong-3 failing and exploding during launch. Read more...

Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites launching this week - TWIRL #132

Paul Hill — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:14:01 +0000

We have a number of satellite launches coming up this week but the most notable is the launch of two prototype Project Kuiper satellites from Amazon. Like Starlink, they will beam internet to Earth. Read more...

Arianespace to launch two European satellites on an Ariane 5 ECA+ rocket - TWIRL #121

Paul Hill — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 15:28:01 +0000

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+. Read more...

Arianespace to launch Syracuse 4B satellite for the French military - TWIRL #118

Paul Hill — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 07:58:01 +0000

We have three launches slated to launch next week. SpaceX will perform two Falcon 9 launches while Arianespace will launch an Ariane 5 ECA+ carrying a satellite for French military communications. Read more...

TWIRL 96: South Korea startup Innospace set to launch Hanbit-TLV rocket

Paul Hill — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 09:14:01 +0000

It's a quiet week we have coming up. Innospace, a South Korean startup, is due to launch its Hanbit-TLV rocket which could be an interesting watch as we don't normally get launches from this firm. Read more...

TWIRL 95: SpaceX is set to launch NASA's SWOT mission atop a Falcon 9 this week

Paul Hill — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:54:02 +0000

We have quite a number of rocket launches this week. One of them is a maiden flight which will be interesting and another one will launch a satellite to perform the first global surface water survey. Read more...

TWIRL 81: Plenty of satellite launches this week amid Artemis I uncertainty

Paul Hill — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:52:01 +0000

We have quite a lot of launches this week. Aside from more attempts by NASA to launch the SLS, several companies and countries are planning to launch various satellites into orbit. Read more...

TWIRL 73: SpaceX to send Dragon 2 on cargo delivery mission to the ISS

Paul Hill — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:12:01 +0000

We have several launches due this week, including a cargo mission to the ISS and the maiden flight of Arianespace's Vega C rocket. Vega C was due for launch last week, but it got delayed. Read more...

Amazon will launch internet space satellites with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and ULA

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:00:01 +0000

Amazon has procured 83 rocket launches to put its Project Kuiper internet-beaming satellites into orbit. It'll work with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance over five years. Read more...

TWIRL 51: This week could see the fourth launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Paul Hill — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 06:34:01 +0000

We expect Arianespace to launch 34 OneWeb internet communication satellites and there's a chance that SpaceX will launch its Falcon Heavy for the first time since 2019 for the U.S. Space Force. Read more...

TWIRL 44: One last delay for JWST, now set for Christmas Eve launch [Update]

Paul Hill — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 14:26:02 +0000

We've got an exciting week coming up in rocket launches because an Ariane 5 ECA+ will finally take the James Webb Space Telescope to space on Christmas Eve following 25 years of construction. Read more...

TWIRL 41: Galileo satellites set to be orbited by ‘Europeanised' Soyuz 2.1b variant

Paul Hill — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:00:01 +0000

In the upcoming week, we'll be getting several satellite launches. Among them will be the launch of two new Galileo satellites and 53 Starlink satellites. There are no manned missions this week. Read more...

TWIRL 39: Arianespace and Rocket Lab set to launch satellites this week

Paul Hill — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:38:02 +0000

There will be two launches in the upcoming week. Arianespace will launch satellites for the French military while Rocket Lab will use its Electron rocket to put two BlackSky satellites in orbit. Read more...

TWIRL 35: South Korea's Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket set for first test flight

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 18:36:01 +0000

Next week, South Korea is due to test its Nuri rocket by launching a mock satellite. The Nuri satellite aims to be one of the cheapest satellite launch vehicles in Asia at $30 million per launch. Read more...

TWIRL 26: Starlink rival set to add new satellites in constellation boost

Paul Hill — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:54:02 +0000

The launches this week will be quite ordinary. OneWeb will get 34 new internet satellites in space and China even wants to launch an internet satellite as a test before establishing a constellation. Read more...

Arianespace Vega rocket fails shortly after launch, Spanish and French satellites lost

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:58:01 +0000

After igniting its upper stage eight minutes after liftoff, the Vega rocket lost nominal speed and went on a degraded trajectory, taking with it the Spanish and French payload onboard. Read more...