KOUROU, French Guiana (Arianespace PR) — As weather conditions observed above the Guiana space center were not favorable to a launch today (risk of non-acceptable high altitude winds profile at Lift-off time), Arianespace decided to interrupt the final VS25 launch chronology. The soonest possible launch date for the VS25 Flight is Tuesday, December 29 at: > 11:42:07 a.m., in Washington, D.C.> 01:42:07 p.m., in Kourou, French Guiana,> 16:42:07, Universal Time […]

KOUROU, French Guiana, December 22, 2020 (Arianespace PR) — For its 10th and final launch of the year — and the fifth in 2020 with the Soyuz medium launcher — Arianespace will send the CSO-2 Earth observation satellite, intended for defense and security applications, into Sun-synchronous orbit.