SSC supports simultaneous launch of Elisa, Pleiades 1A and SSOT
SSC has successfully finalised its launch support to the European space industry leader Astrium and the French space agency CNES for the six satellites that were simultaneously launched 17 December on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana. SSC has supported all satellites during their 7-10 days mission-critical Launch and Early Orbit Phases (LEOP), which have placed them into their final orbits. Read more
Just days after its launch on a Soyuz rocket, the new French high-resolution Pleiades imaging satellite has sent down its first pictures. One of the shots released by the French space agency (Cnes) is of central Paris, showing the Louvre and the Place De La Concorde - "naturellement". Read more
Arianespace VSO2 mission: Soyuz STA orbits Pleiades 1A, ELISA and SSOT
On Friday, December 16, 2011 at 11:03 pm local time, Arianespace successfully launched the second Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana, orbiting the Pleiades 1A, ELISA and SSOT satellites for French space agency CNES, Astrium and the French and Chilean defence ministries. This latest success heralds Arianespace's upcoming offer of the most complete range of launch services in history, with the first Vega launch scheduled for early 2012. Read more
A Russian-built rocket has launched successfully from the European spaceport in French Guiana - taking with it a payload of mostly spy satellites for France. One of the civilian uses, though, is that one of the satellites will provide us with high-resolution 3D colour images of the Earth. Also on board is a Chilean eye-in-the-sky, which will be used for mapping farmlands. It's only the second time a Russian rocket has blasted off from outside former Soviet countries - following a similar successful mission last month in French Guiana. RT talks to Mark Hempsell, Vice President of the British Interplanetary Society.
Launching of the Pléiades-1 Satellite with SPACEBEL Software
It is during the night from December 16th to 17th that the first satellite of the Pleiades constellation will fly off into Space from the Kourou Space centre. SPACEBEL has contributed on a large scale to the implementation of these two Earth observation satellites of CNES, the French space agency. Read more
A Russian launcher will put several European Space Agency (ESA) satellites into orbit Dec 17 from the Kourou space port in French Guiana, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Monday. The Soyuz ST-A will orbit Pleiades and SSoT satellites, as well as four ELISA microsatellites. The rocket was delivered to the launch pad Monday morning. The lift off is slated for 2.03 a.m. GMT. Read more