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  • LISA Pathfinder prepares for liftoff (4K timelapse replay)

    LISA Pathfinder prepares for liftoff (4K timelapse replay)

    This timelapse video shows the preparations for LISA Pathfinder’s launch at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The video spans three weeks, starting on 12 November 2015 with the completed and fuelled spacecraft and ending on the 3 December launch day.

    Over this period, the spacecraft was attached to the payload adaptor of the Vega launcher, encapsulated within the half-shells of the rocket fairing, transferred to the launcher assembly area, and installed on top of Vega inside the mobile gantry, which was rolled back shortly before liftoff.

    LISA Pathfinder will test key technologies for space-based observation of gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of spacetime that are predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

    Credit/Copyrights: Directed by Stephane Corvaja, ESA; Edited by Manuel Pedoussaut, Zetapress; Music: Hubrid-Gravity

  • Timelapse film Soyuz flight VS06, with Gaia

    Timelapse film Soyuz flight VS06, with Gaia

    Soyuz flight VS06, with the Gaia space observatory, lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December 2013. This timelapse movie shows Gaia sunshield deployment test, the transfer of the Soyuz from the assembly building to the launch pad and the lift off.

    ESA–S. Corvaja, M. Pedoussaut, 2013

  • Three launchers at Europe’s Spaceport

    Three launchers at Europe’s Spaceport

    2012 has seen three launchers lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The heavy Ariane 5, the medium Soyuz and the small Vega now provide Europe with a full range of launch services and capabilities. Watch this new video of the trio’s assembly, final preparations, rollout and liftoff.

  • Succès pour le vol inaugural du nouveau lanceur Vega de l’ESA

    Succès pour le vol inaugural du nouveau lanceur Vega de l’ESA

    Vega, le nouveau lanceur de l’ESA, est désormais prêt pour son entrée en exploitation aux côtés d’Ariane-5 et de Soyouz, après le succès de son vol de qualification, effectué ce matin depuis le port spatial de l’Europe à Kourou (Guyane française).

    Avec Vega, qui vient compléter la famille des lanceurs disponibles à Kourou, l’Europe est désormais à même de répondre à toute la gamme des besoins de lancement, que ce soit pour mettre sur orbite des petits satellites scientifiques et d’observation de la Terre ou pour entreprendre des missions de vaste envergure comme l’envoi de véhicules ESA de ravitaillement à destination de la Station spatiale internationale (ISS).

    Vega a décollé pour la première fois à 10h00 GMT (11h00 heure de Paris, 7h00 heure locale) de son nouveau pas de tir, et son vol de qualification s’est parfaitement déroulé.

  • ESA Euronews: A star rocket is born

    ESA Euronews: A star rocket is born

    The family of European rockets is growing. The next one is the youngest, called Vega, soon to be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
    This new rocket complements the range that Europe already has to offer in the commercial market.

  • ESA Euronews: Nasce una stella tra i lanciatori spaziali europei

    ESA Euronews: Nasce una stella tra i lanciatori spaziali europei

    La famiglia dei vettori spaziali europei si allarga con il prossimo lancio di Vega dalla base europea della Guyana francese. Questo nuovo lanciatore va a completare l’offerta della gamma europea nell’ambito dei razzi commerciali. Ne parliamo nella rubrica Space.

  • First Soyuz transfer and liftoff from French Guiana

    First Soyuz transfer and liftoff from French Guiana

    The Russian Soyuz vehicle lifted off for the first time from its new launch complex at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 21 October 2011. Flight VS01 carried the first two operational satellites of Europe’s Galileo navigation system into orbit.
    This time-lapse movie shows the three-stage Soyuz transfer from the assembly and testing building to the launch pad where it is then raised to the vertical. Once in the Mobile gantry, the Upper Composite containing the satellites and Fregat-MT upper stage is hoisted into position on top of the vehicle. The gantry is then rolled back, clearing the way for Soyuz to lift off.

  • ESA Euronews: Soyuz descola pela primeira vez do Porto Espacial da Europa

    ESA Euronews: Soyuz descola pela primeira vez do Porto Espacial da Europa

    Lançou o Sputnik e Gagarin para o espaço. O mítico foguetão russo Soyuz conta já com mais de 1700 voos. O lançamento do Porto Espacial Europeu, na Guiana Francesa, abre um novo capítulo na sua longa carreira.