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A European Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from Kourou, French Guiana, on Tuesday with Europe’s MTG-I1 weather satellite and Intelsat’s Galaxy 35 and 36 communications satellites. Credit: ESA–M. Pedoussaut A European Ariane 5 rocket fired off a launching stand Tuesday in tropical South America with the vanguard of a modernized series of weather satellites to improve storm forecasts for Europe, ...

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the MEASAT 3d and GSAT 24 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on . Arianespace’s live video webcast will begin approximately one hour before launch and will be available on this page. Source