{"id":16797,"date":"2018-09-26T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T17:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16797"},"modified":"2018-09-26T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T17:42:25","slug":"videos-100th-launch-of-an-ariane-v-rocket-sends-two-satellites-to-geo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16797","title":{"rendered":"Videos: 100th launch of an Ariane V rocket sends two satellites to GEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ariane_5\" target=\"_d\">Ariane V<\/a> rocket lifted off on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ariane_5#Launch_history\">100th mission<\/a> of the program, sending two communications satellites towards their slots in geostationary orbit. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/press-release\/100th-ariane-5-launch-a-success-orbiting-two-satellites-for-intelsat-sky-perfect-jsat-and-azercosmos\/\" target=\"_d\">100th Ariane 5 launch a success, orbiting two satellites for Intelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT and Azercosmos \u2013 Arianespace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iJzlWRWh4GQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first Ariane V launch took place on June 4, 1996. Unfortunately, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cluster_(spacecraft)#Launch_failure\">rocket exploded<\/a>\u00a0soon after liftoff due to a software problem.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PK_yguLapgA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There was another total loss on the 14th launch and three partial failures (two in the 1990s and one last year) occurred when the satellites were put into the wrong orbits and had to use their own fuel to reach the target orbits. In general, though, the Ariane V became a very reliable launcher. Failures early in launch vehicle&#8217;s launch history are the norm as seen, for example, with the two SpaceX Falcon 9 explosions (one in flight and one during a pad test).<\/p>\n<p>Scott Manley gives some background on the Ariane V:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sijTOXxGO7I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of launches, here is an essay on the fun and excitement of watching a launch: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/guest-blogs\/2018\/the-day-i-caught-rocket-fever.html\">The day I caught rocket fever | The Planetary Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1324000937\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1324000937&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=468ff49ede077d250412965bfd1e1e95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Einstein&#8217;s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1324000937\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday an\u00a0Ariane V rocket lifted off on the\u00a0100th mission of the program, sending two communications satellites towards their slots in geostationary orbit. 100th Ariane 5 launch a success, orbiting two satellites for Intelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT and Azercosmos \u2013 Arianespace The first Ariane V launch took place on June 4, 1996. Unfortunately, the\u00a0rocket exploded\u00a0soon after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16797\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: 100th launch of an Ariane V rocket sends two satellites to GEO<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4mV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16444,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16444","url_meta":{"origin":16797,"position":0},"title":"Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 and Arianespace Ariane V rockets launch within short time","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Two big rockets launched successfully this morning, lifting off within about 15 minutes of each other: ** A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 10 Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg AFB in California despite fog so heavy the rocket was not visible in ground cameras:\u00a0Iridium Completes Seventh Successful Iridium\u00ae NEXT Launch |\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17201,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17201","url_meta":{"origin":16797,"position":1},"title":"Videos: Recent rocket launches &#8211; SpaceX Falcon 9, Ariane 5, Russian Soyuz and Rokot","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"** Dec. 5: SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Resupply Mission (CRS-16) from Cape Canaveral: Falcon 9 successfully lofts CRS-16 Dragon enroute to ISS \u2013 Booster spins out but soft lands in water \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com https:\/\/youtu.be\/3MFo-H44h7Q [ Update 3: Another good view of the booster. 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