Next Ariane 5 launch delayed to November 28
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002, 9:00 AM ET (1400 GMT)
The next launch of the Ariane 5, the first to feature a new, more powerful upper stage, has been delayed until November 28, Arianespace announced Wednesday. Arianespace said that the vehicle passed a dress rehearsal for the launch, conducting a simulated countdown to the T-6 second point, on Tuesday with no problems reported. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, November 28, eight days later than previously announced; no reason for the change in launch dates was given. This Ariane 5 will be the first to use the ESC-A, a cryogenic upper stage derived from the Ariane 4 that will increase the Ariane 5's geosynchronous transfer orbit payload capacity to 10 tonnes. The booster, designed Flight 157, will launch Eutelsat's Hot Bird 7 spacecraft as well as the Stentor experimental communications satellite for the French space agency CNES.
The next launch of the Ariane 5, the first to feature a new, more powerful upper stage, has been delayed until November 28, Arianespace announced Wednesday. Arianespace said that the vehicle passed a dress rehearsal for the launch, conducting a simulated countdown to the T-6 second point, on Tuesday with no problems reported. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, November 28, eight days later than previously announced; no reason for the change in launch dates was given. This Ariane 5 will be the first to use the ESC-A, a cryogenic upper stage derived from the Ariane 4 that will increase the Ariane 5's geosynchronous transfer orbit payload capacity to 10 tonnes. The booster, designed Flight 157, will launch Eutelsat's Hot Bird 7 spacecraft as well as the Stentor experimental communications satellite for the French space agency CNES.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Starship explodes during preparations for static-fire test
Posted: Sun, Jun 22 6:52 AM ET (1052 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Saturday, July 12
Rocket maker Firefly Aerospace files to go public under ticker FLY
CNBC — 10:54 am ET (1454 GMT) Space and defense firm Firefly Aerospace files for US IPO
Reuters — 10:54 am ET (1454 GMT) Firefly Aerospace files for an IPO
TechCrunch — 10:52 am ET (1452 GMT) Firefly Aerospace Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Firefly Aerospace — 10:52 am ET (1452 GMT) Austin-area rocket maker Firefly Aerospace files to go public as FLY
Austin (TX) American-Statesman — 10:52 am ET (1452 GMT) |
