How to See the Launch of the Ariane 5 and Falcon 9 Rockets Today
Two rockets with large communications satellites are to be launched today a couple of hours apart, first from South America and then from North America. You can watch each of them live.
Ariana 5
The first is the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket , which is scheduled to take off sometime between 3:30 pm and 5:51 pm ET from the company’s launch site in French Guiana. According to The Verge, it will carry two telecommunications satellites:
The first satellite, Intelsat 39, will replace the existing Intelsat satellite launched in 2001. The spacecraft is designed to provide communications over Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The second satellite is EDRS-C, created as part of a public-private partnership with ESA and Airbus. EDRS-C will be the second spacecraft in the so-called SpaceDataHighway, a planned constellation of satellites located above the equator that can connect to satellites, drones and aircraft at lower altitudes. Using new laser technology, SpaceDataHighway will be able to quickly transmit data collected from these low-flying vehicles to the ground in near real time.
You can watch the live stream of the launch of Ariane 5 here:
Lights will begin at around 2:45 pm ET.
Falcon 9
Next is SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which is slated to launch at Cape Canaveral Air Base in Florida between 6:53 pm and 8:21 pm ET. The Falcon 9 has flown twice in July and November last year, and this will be its last flight. TechCrunch says Falcon 9 will carry a large communications satellite and will not attempt a soft landing back to Earth; instead, he will fall into the ocean.
That’s because Amos-17, SpaceX’s satellite launched on behalf of Israel’s Spacecomm for this mission, weighs over 14,000 pounds – meaning it needs all the fuel on board the Falcon 9 to reach its target orbit, leaving no residue left for attempts at controlled control. decent.
You can watch the live stream of the Falcon 9 launch here:
The lighting will start about 15 minutes before the start.
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