SPACEFLIGHT

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NASA's Mars 2020 rover has arrived at Kennedy Space Center, where it's being readied for its upcoming launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket. Also, Kennedy employees celebrated Black History Month on Feb. 18 with special guest speaker James Jennings, former NASA associate administrator for Institutions and Management and the former deputy director of the Florida spaceport.

Arianespace has successfully launched two satellites with an Ariane 5 on behalf of the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. This was the third Arianespace mission so far in 2020, all successful, with three more launches coming up in March. With this mission, which is dedicated to space-based communications and environmental monitoring in Asia, Arianespace reaffirms its strength in the export market and once again contributes to a better life on Earth. On Tuesday, February 18 at 22:18 UTC (Universal Time Coordinates), Arianespace successfully launched two satellites using an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (South America): JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

S ARIANESPACE ORBITS TWO SATELLITES – JCSAT-17 AND GEO- KOMPSAT-2B – TO SUPPORT CONNECTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN ASIA Arianespace has successfully launched two satellites with an Ariane 5 on behalf of the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. This was the third Arianespace mission so far in 2020, all successful, with three more launches coming up in March. With this mission, which is dedicated to space-based communications and environmental monitoring in Asia, Arianespace reaffirms its strength in the export market and once again contributes to a better life on Earth.ince its creation in 1980 as the world's first commercial space transportation company, Arianespace has led the launch services industry with many operational firsts and numerous record-setting missions.

Pour le live en Français: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMF7FPLt6tA For its third flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation; and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B for Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). With this mission dedicated to space applications for telecommunications and environment monitoring, Arianespace once again contributes to the improvement of life on Earth. Flight VA252 will be performed from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff is planned on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, as early as possible within the following launch window: - Between 5:18 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. Washington, D.C. time, - Between 7:18 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time, - Between 22:18 and 23:20 Universal time (UTC), - Between 11:18 p.m. and 12:20 a.m. Paris time, in the night of February 18 to 19, - Between 07:18 a.m. and 08:20 a.m. Japan time, in the morning of February 19, - Between 07:18 a.m. and 08:20 a.m. Korea time, in the morning of February 19.

The Northrup Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft was captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm on Feb. 18, 2020. -- Cygnus cargo ship delivers cheese, candy and science gear to space station astronauts: https://www.space.com/cygnus-ng-13-cargo-ship-space-station-arrival.html Credit: NASA / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)

SpaceX is targeting Monday, February 17 at 10:05 a.m. EST, or 15:05 UTC, for its fifth launch of Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available on Tuesday, February 18 at 9:42 a.m. EST, or 14:42 UTC. Falcon 9’s first stage previously launched the CRS-17 mission in May 2019, the CRS-18 mission in July 2019, and the JCSAT-18/Kacific1 mission in December 2019. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Approximately 45 minutes after liftoff, SpaceX’s two fairing recovery vessels, “Ms. Tree” and “Ms. Chief,” will attempt to recover the two fairing halves.

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Watch a cargo spacecraft lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on a resupply mission to the International Space Station! 🚀 On Sat., Feb. 15 at 3:21 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman's 13th commercial resupply services mission launched on a resupply mission to the station. A previous launch attempt on Feb. 9 was scrubbed after off-nominal readings from a ground support sensor. The Cygnus cargo spacecraft, loaded with approximately 7,500 pounds of research, supplies and hardware, lifted off atop an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. This Cygnus spacecraft is named the S.S. Robert H. Lawrence in honor of the first African American to be selected as an astronaut.

Solar Orbiter has officially begun its seven-year mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft launched aboard a United Launch Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Feb. 9 at 11:03 p.m. Also, NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana discussed accomplishments and looked ahead to the agency's bright future during an employee event held at the Florida spaceport.

The first flight core stage for NASA’s new Space Launch System vehicle arrived at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Jan. 12 and was rolled out from the Pegasus barge at the B-2 Test Stand. NASA installed the first flight core stage for its new Space Launch System rocket in the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi. Learn more at https://www.spacetv.net/nasa-sls-space-launch-system/ Credit: NASA Stennis

Spacecraft aren't slowpokes. But how fast could they go? Researchers are investigating a way to send a spacecraft soaring at speeds over 50,000,000 miles per hour. NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) study called Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion, a revolutionary system for sending spacecraft out among the stars. This early-stage propulsion concept could drastically reduce the time required for long distance missions. Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion proposes to use a column of light and particles to propel a small spacecraft to speeds over 50 million miles per hour. To learn more visit: https://go.nasa.gov/360lmoc To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2019 NIAC Symposium Livestream site: https://bit.ly/2O9XaJ8 This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.

Cameras aboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket captured the launch and deployment of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter on Feb. 9, 2020. About 20 hours later, the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto, Spain was used to captured footage of it in the night sky. -- Solar Orbiter launches on historic mission to study the sun's poles: https://www.space.com/solar-orbiter-atlas-v-rocket-launch-success.html Credit: United Launch Alliance / ESA / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)

Highlights from the preparation and liftoff of ESA’s Sun-exploring mission Solar Orbiter. Solar Orbiter lofted to space aboard the US Atlas V 411 rocket from NASA’s spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 04:03 GMT (05:03 CET) on 10 February 2020. An ESA-led mission with strong NASA participation, Solar Orbiter carries a set of ten instruments for imaging the surface of the Sun and studying the environment in its vicinity. The spacecraft will travel around the Sun on an elliptical orbit that will take it as close as 42 million km away from the Sun’s surface, about a quarter of the distance between the Sun and Earth. The orbit will allow Solar Orbiter to see some of the never-before-imaged regions of the Sun, including the poles, and shed new light on what gives rise to solar wind, which can affect infrastructure on Earth. More about Solar Orbiter: https://www.esa.int/solarorbiter ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #SolarOrbiter #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

The Orion capsule and behemoth Space Launch System rocket will be fully funded in 2021 if NASA's budget proposal is approved by Congress. NASA chief Jim Bridenstine talked about the capsule and rocket on Feb. 10, 2019. Credit: NASA

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Solar Orbiter Program Manager Cesar Garcia discusses the launch and talks about what is next for the spacecraft.

Joshua Santora, NASA Communications, talks with NASA Launch Manager Tim Dunn after the successful launch of the Solar Orbiter Sunday evening from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Get ready for liftoff to the Sun! 🚀 Solar Orbiter, a collaboration between European Space Agency and NASA, is launching Sunday, Feb. 9, to study the inner workings of our nearest star. Tune in for launch coverage starting at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9 to see liftoff, currently targeted for 11:03 p.m. EST. More info: https://go.nasa.gov/2SiKpNn

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying Solar Orbiter, lights up the sky as it lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

We’re launching to space. 😎 On Sun., Feb. 9 at 5:39 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman Corporation's Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft are scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This launch will carry thousands of pounds of cargo to our orbiting laboratory, the International Space Station. This cargo will make dozens of science investigations possible, all aimed at improving life on Earth through space-based research. Don’t miss live coverage starting at 5 p.m. EST! 🚀

ESA’s Solar Orbiter satellite in a cleanroom at the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. The spacecraft is seen being mounted onto the payload adaptor ring and encapsulated into a fairing, which will protect the satellite and the rocket upper stage during the turbulent ascent through Earth’s atmosphere. Learn more about Solar Orbiter: http://bit.ly/ESASolarOrbiter The video was created with support from Airbus/Astrotech/ULA/NASA ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #SolarOrbiter #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

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Investigations studying fire safety, bone loss and phage therapy will be launching, along with additional scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft. The vehicle launches no earlier than Feb. 9 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/36DM9G3

The Solar Orbiter will attempt to answer some big questions in space science, including how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere. The satellite would be operating in one of the most extreme environments known to mankind.

ESA’s new Sun-explorer, Solar Orbiter, will capture close-up images of never before seen regions of our parent star, including the poles, and study the electromagnetic environment in its vicinity. The cutting-edge spacecraft will get as close as 42 million kilometres away from the Sun, about a quarter of the distance between the Sun and Earth, and face scorching temperatures of up to 500°C. ESA has a long history of studying the Sun from space. Since the launch of Ulysses in 1990, the agency has led or cooperated on several Sun-exploring missions including SOHO, the Cluster quartet and Proba-2. Learn more about the Sun: http://bit.ly/LivingWithAStar ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #SpaceScience #Sun

Under the leadership of NASA's first female Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, a team of nearly 100 engineers came together to rehearse various countdown simulations for the launch of Artemis I, familiarizing them with launch day operations. Also, Gateway Logistics Element Manager Mark Wiese attended the AirCargo 2020 conference in Nashville, presenting an overview of the Artemis program and the agency's plan for a commercial supply chain to the Gateway.

A year after orbiting the first six OneWeb satellites, Arianespace has launched another batch – involving 34 satellites this time – to help its customer offer global Internet access to all. Arianespace will carry out 19 more Soyuz launches – along with the Ariane 62 version’s first flight – at the service of OneWeb, with these flights performed from three different space centers and occurring primarily during 2020 and 2021. Today’s mission was the 50th Soyuz launch operated by Arianespace and Starsem, as well as the second successful mission for Arianespace in 2020.

Pour le live en Français: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voijq3WxbqQ For its second mission of the year — and the initial flight in 2020 with the Soyuz medium-lift launcher — Arianespace will perform the second launch for the OneWeb constellation, orbiting 34 satellites. This 50th Soyuz mission conducted by Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate will be operated from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It will pave the way for the constellation’s deployment phase − for which Arianespace is to perform 19 more medium-lift Soyuz launches from three spaceports (Kourou, Baikonur and Vostochny) during 2020 and 2021, without mentioning the Ariane 62 maiden flight. By operating this second flight on behalf of the global satellite operator OneWeb, Arianespace participates in the fulfilment of its customer’s ultimate ambition: providing internet access for everyone, everywhere. Liftoff is scheduled for Thursday, February 6, 2020 at exactly: - 04:42 p.m., in Washington, D.C. on February 6, - 21:42, Universal Time (UTC) on February 6, - 10:42 p.m., in Paris on February 6, - 00:42 a.m., in Moscow on February 7, - 02:42 a.m., in Baikonur on February 7, - 06:42 a.m., in Tokyo on February 7.

Watch LIVE as RocketLab launches their Electron rocket carrying NROL-151 for the National Reconnaissance Office. Mission Name - Birds of a Feather Rocket - Electron Electron Name - Birds of a Feather Launch Window - NET: 31 January 2020 Launch Time - 00:00 - 04:00 UTC / 13:00 - 17:00 NZDT Launch Site - Launch Complex 1 Launch Footage ➡ RocketLabUSA Powered by LaunchHQ ➡ https://launchhq.weebly.com/ Presented by International Rocket Launches International Rocket Launches does not own any of the footage or music shown and does not seek monetary gain from content (Videos, Live Streams, etc.) produced.

A Rocket lab Electron rocket launched the NROL-151 satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Jan. 30, 2019 (Jan. 31 New Zealand time) from the Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand's North Island. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-launches-nrol-151-spysat.html Credit: Rocket Lab

With the assembly of the first core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket complete and delivered to the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for Green Run testing, NASA is s focusing its efforts on building the core stages for the second and third #Artemis lunar missions. For this episode of Rocket Science in 60 Seconds, Boeing production superintendent Eric Sturgeon takes you inside NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the SLS rocket core stages are manufactured. In this episode, he’ll explain how NASA and Boeing evaluate each rocket’s construction and what they’ve learned from building the first rocket stage. For more information about SLS, visit https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, January 29 at 9:09 a.m. EST, or 14:09 UTC, for its fourth launch of Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage previously launched Crew Dragon on its first demonstration mission in March 2019 and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission in June 2019. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Approximately 45 minutes after liftoff, SpaceX’s two fairing recovery vessels, “Ms. Tree” and “Ms. Chief,” will attempt to recover the two fairing halves.

NASA and SpaceX successfully demonstrated the launch-escape capabilities of the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft during an In-Flight Abort Test on January 19, 2020. The Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. The test paves the way for the Demo-2 mission, which will send a Crew Dragon with two astronauts aboard to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were on hand at Kennedy for the In-Flight Abort Test.

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Mission managers discuss tomorrows in flight abort test of the Falcon 9 rocket and the crewed Dragon spacecraft.

Members of the media got an up-close look at Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft that flew on the company's Orbital Flight Test in December. Nicknamed "Calypso," the spacecraft is being refurbished for a future crewed flight. Also, scientists at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are growing tomatoes from seeds exposed to simulated solar particle radiation to study the effects of space radiation on plants.

Pour le live en Français: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSnhdsvcyc For its initial flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: EUTELSAT KONNECT for the operator Eutelsat; and GSAT-30 for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Arianespace will confirm its leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment through this 107th Ariane 5 mission, to be performed as the company celebrates 40 years since its creation. Flight VA251 will be performed from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff is planned on Thursday, January 16, 2020 as early as possible within the following launch window: - Between 4:05 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time - Between 6:05 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time - Between 21:05 and 23:00 Universal time (UTC) - Between 10:05 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Paris time, in the night of January 16 to 17 - Between 2:35 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. New Delhi time, in the morning of January 17

For its year-opening flight of 2020, Arianespace successfully placed two communications satellites into geostationary orbit: EUTELSAT KONNECT for the operator Eutelsat; and GSAT-30 for ISRO, the Indian space agency. The launch took place onboard Ariane 5, on Thursday, January 16 at 06:05 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America). With this latest launch, Arianespace continues to help reduce the digital divide worldwide, while confirming its leadership in the geostationary orbit launch market. Today’s launch, designated Flight VA251, was the 315th mission by the Arianespace launcher family and the 107th by an Ariane 5 version. Since its creation in 1980 as the world's first commercial space transportation company, Arianespace has led the launch services industry with many operational firsts and numerous record-setting missions.

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A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched the Red Flag-1 H9 optical remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China on Jan. 15, 2019. Insulation tiles were shed from the rocket moments after launch. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) / mash mix by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)

For its initial flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: EUTELSAT KONNECT for the operator Eutelsat; and GSAT-30 for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Arianespace will confirm its leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment through this 107th Ariane 5 mission, to be performed as the company celebrates 40 years since its creation. Flight VA251 will be performed from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff is planned on Thursday, January 16, 2020 as early as possible within the following launch window: - Between 4:05 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time - Between 6:05 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time - Between 21:05 and 23:00 Universal time (UTC) - Between 10:05 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Paris time, in the night of January 16 to 17 - Between 2:35 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. New Delhi time, in the morning of January 17 For further information, download the Flight VA251 Launch Kit by clicking here: http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/ Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

For its initial flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: EUTELSAT KONNECT for the operator Eutelsat; and GSAT-30 for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Arianespace will confirm its leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment through this 107th Ariane 5 mission, to be performed as the company celebrates 40 years since its creation. Flight VA251 will be performed from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff is planned on Thursday, January 16, 2020 as early as possible within the following launch window: - Between 4:05 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time - Between 6:05 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time - Between 21:05 and 23:00 Universal time (UTC) - Between 10:05 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Paris time, in the night of January 16 to 17 - Between 2:35 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. New Delhi time, in the morning of January 17 For further information, download the Flight VA251 Launch Kit by clicking here: http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/ Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

NASA and the European Space Agency are preparing to launch Solar Orbiter, a mission that will study the Sun, its outer atmosphere and solar wind. Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 5 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Also, SpaceX is gearing up for their In-Flight Abort Test, scheduled for Jan. 18, to demonstrate Crew Dragon's ability to safely separate from a Falcon 9 rocket.

It’s graduation season for our #NewAstronauts! 👩‍🚀🎓👨‍🚀 An class of 11 Americans and two Canadians became astronauts on Friday, increasing the number of those eligible for spaceflight assignments that will expand humanity’s horizons in space for generations to come. The new astronauts successfully completed more than two years of required basic training and are the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program. www.nasa.gov/newastronauts/

For its initial flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: EUTELSAT KONNECT for the operator Eutelsat; and GSAT-30 for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Arianespace will confirm its leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment through this 107th Ariane 5 mission, to be performed as the company celebrates 40 years since its creation. Flight VA251 will be performed from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff is planned on Thursday, January 16, 2020 as early as possible within the following launch window: - Between 4:05 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time - Between 6:05 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time - Between 21:05 and 23:00 Universal time (UTC) - Between 10:05 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Paris time, in the night of January 16 to 17 - Between 2:35 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. New Delhi time, in the morning of January 17 For further information, download the Flight VA251 Launch Kit by clicking here: http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/ Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

NASA Space Launch System rocket core stage was rolled out of the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana for transport to the Pegasus barge. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-core-stage-barge-rollout-photos.html Credit: NASA / mash mix by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched a "new communication technology experiment satellite" from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, China on Jan. 7, 2019, according to China Central Television (CCTV). The satellite was manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) / mash mix by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)