Atlas V / GOES-R Countdown & Launch Profile
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready atop its Cape Canaveral launch pad for liftoff with the GOES-R meteorological satellite to ring in a new era in weather forecasting.
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Month: November 2016
Chinese Astronaut Duo Parachutes to safe Landing after month-long Mission
China’s Shenzhou-11 spacecraft and two crew members parachuted to a safe landing in Inner Mongolia on Friday to put an end to a record-setting mission, spending 32 days in space to continue China’s push toward long-duration Space Station missions later in the decade.
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Chinese Astronauts depart Tiangong-2 Space Lab for Return to Earth after record-breaking Flight
China’s record-setting astronauts are in the final stages of their homecoming, having departed the Tiangong-2 space laboratory on Thursday for a day-long free flight aboard the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft ahead of a blazing re-entry and parachute-assisted landing in a remote stretch of Inner Mongolia.
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Breathtaking Photos of Ariane 5 Liftoff with four Galileo Satellites
Stunning photos captured by ESA Photographers show Europe’s Ariane 5 workhorse blasting off from the Guiana Space Center on November 17, 2016 on a record-setting mission.
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Soyuz blasts off in freezing Temperatures, delivers International Crew Trio safely to Orbit
Three crew members from Russia, France, and the U.S. departed Earth Thursday night to head off on a half-year mission living and working aboard the International Space Station to participate in world-class science and outfitting of the Station for continued operations into the next decade.
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Photos: Soyuz lights up the Night
Temperatures were well below zero Celsius when Soyuz rumbled to life and lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 20:20 UTC on November 17, 2016, carrying into orbit a crew from Russia, France and the U.S. on a half-year mission living and working aboard the International Space Station.
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Video: Nighttime Soyuz Blastoff with three Expedition 50 Crew Members
Temperatures were well below zero Celsius when Soyuz rumbled to life and lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 20:20 UTC on November 17, 2016, carrying into orbit a crew from Russia, France and the U.S. on a half-year mission living and working aboard the International Space Station.
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Ariane 5 rumbles off from South America with Quadruplet of Galileo Satellites
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket rumbled off from South America on Thursday to carry into orbit the first quadruplet of Galileo Navigation Satellites, expanding the constellation to enter initial operational services
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Soyuz Rocket reaches Baikonur Launch Pad for Thursday Night Liftoff with next ISS Crew
Russia’s Soyuz rocket stood under a Supermoon Monday night after rolling out to its historic Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site early in the day to enter the final days of its countdown to launch a crew of three to the International Space Station later this week.
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Photos: Soyuz Rocket rolls to historic Baikonur Launch Pad
A Soyuz FG rocket is rolled out to the launch pad at Site 1/5 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to enter the final preparatory steps for a November 17, 2016 liftoff with the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft with three International Space Station crew members.
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Successful Yunhai-1 Launch inaugurates new Chinese Weather Satellite Constellation
China’s Long March 2D rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Friday night, lifting into orbit the Yunhai-1 weather satellite to mark the inauguration of a new constellation of meteorological satellites orbiting Earth in polar orbits.
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Atlas V returns to California, hauls WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite to Orbit
Soaring into the skies over California’s coast on Friday, ULA’s Atlas V rocket resumed launches from the U.S. West Coast with the commercial WorldView-4 satellite that sets out to deliver the highest resolution imagery of Earth available on the commercial market.
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Photos: Atlas V launches from California with WorldView Imaging Satellite
Soaring into the skies over California’s coast on Friday, November 11, 2016, ULA’s Atlas V rocket resumed launches from the U.S. West Coast with the commercial WorldView-4 satellite that sets out to deliver the highest resolution imagery of Earth available on the commercial market.
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Atlas V ready to launch WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite after Extended Delay
One of the most powerful Earth observation satellites under commercial operation is on the eve of its launch into orbit after weeks of delays due to technical issues and a massive wildfire raging near the California launch pad.
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Chinese Long March 11 launches first Pulsar Navigation Satellite into Orbit
China’s Long March 11 rocket performed its second launch on Thursday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to lift a group of small satellites into orbit in support of a demonstration of pulsar navigation and Earth Observation.
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Re-Entry: Sylda
An Ariane 5 Sylda payload adapter placed into orbit in 2012 re-entered the atmosphere on November 8, 2016 after a slow drop from a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit, having helped put a pair of communications satellites into orbit.
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Launch Controllers recount dramatic Long March 5 Countdown
Chinese launch controllers took to social media after last week’s successful inaugural launch of the Long March 5 rocket to recount a dramatic chain of events leading up to liftoff that were not visible to outside observers at the time.
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