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A West European Ariane 4LP rocket blasted off from French Guiana, carrying two communications satellites, Brasilsat-3 and INMARSAT -3. ...

... . Shuttle problems had put NASA behind, but the Wall Street Journal said prolonged delay in Ariane development would have "serious consequences" for ESA . The Europeans had bid vigorously for launching assignments for Ariane because it would be available earlier as well as less expensive, but engine problems could ...

... launch of US-built satellites on Chinese rockets. 132 - ARIANE FLIGHTS SUSPENDED Following the loss of Ariane V36 Arianespace has suspended all future Ariane missions until the cause of the accident can be determined. 138 - ARIANE'S SEVEN SATELLITE LAUNCH Just prior to the loss of Ariane V36 an Ariane ...

... , microgravity processing, and technology; and construction of a new version of Ariane 5. ESA 's efforts with Spacelab and Ariane and in a wide range of other activities such as the Giotto ... that Bonn would also contribute nearly $500 million to develop a more powerful and versatile Ariane rocket to achieve some European independence in space travel by the 1990s, although he admitted ...

... orbit...Successful launches in 2004 provided further confirmation of the maturity of the standard Ariane 5G launcher. The Ariane 5G performed three missions, boosting Rosetta on a ten-year voyage toward the ... around the world, Arianespace is already building solid, broad-based foundations for the future: consolidating Ariane 5's reliability, serving the International Space Station, participating in future space exploration programs, developing ...

... Arianespace Flight 157 Inquiry Board submitted its report to Ariane space, establishing the most probable cause of the failure of an Ariane 5 ECA on the night of 11/12 December 2002 ... Flight 157 and had reviewed all documentation concerning production, quality, and technical records for the Ariane 5 ECA~which used a Vulcain 2 engine~as well as the documentation for all ... the nozzle, the Board recommended a thorough review of the Ariane 5 . Upon learning the factors involved in the failure of Ariane 5 ECA, Arianespace decided to create a board to study ...

... Organisation's (ISRO's) INSAT 3A satellite. The Ariane 5G standard version was the first launch of an Ariane rocket since the enhanced Ariane 5 ECA had failed in December 2002, a failure ... for an international search-and-rescue program. (Spacewarn Bulletin, no. 594; Peter B. de Selding, “ Ariane 5 Successfully Returns to Flight,” Space News, 11 April 2003. March 2003 March April 2003 ...

... NO. 9''' '''SEPTEMBER 1988''' - HOTOL STATUS REPORT Robert C. Parkinson 342 - INTERNATIONAL - Space Report 345 - Ariane Update, China Bids for Launch Business, Laser Reflectors on Satellite, Shuttle News. - SPACE SHUTTLE - — THE ... Report 416 - Soviet Shuttle, Israeli Satellite - Phobos 1 Dead in Space, Space Station - Agreement Signed, Ariane Again, Indian Problems Satellite Digest - SPACE AT JPL 424 - Deep Space Laser Communications Microspacecraft Conference ...

... the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales ( CENTRE NATIONAL D’ETUDES SPATIALES CNES ), said the third Ariane launch "opens the way to European commercial exploitation of space." ESA had hoped for a ... December 1979 had been successful, but that rocket carried no satellites. The $1.6 billion Ariane program was funded by 10 nations, with France (contributing about 64%) and West Germany (about ...

... the cost per kilogram in orbit and providing greater adaptability to user requirements." Ariane 4 would differ from Ariane 3 in enlargement of the first-stage tanks, increasing on-board propellants from ... -launch system, use of which was expected to increase steadily. Six versions of this new Ariane would permit launch of a wide range of spacecraft with masses between 1,100 and 4,300 kilograms; maximum lift would be twice that of the initial Ariane 1. The development schedule called for a demonstration flight late in 1985 and an operational ...

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