The Ariane 5 rocket launches the United Arab Emirates’ FalconEye 2 earth observation satellite into orbit



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An Arianespace Soyuz rocket successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite into orbit for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday (December 1).

The satellite, called FalconEye 2, took off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 8:33 pm EST (10:33 pm local time and 0133 GMT on Wednesday, December 2). The mission had been delayed for months partly due to a missile problem that arose in early March and partly due to the logistics associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Launch attempts on Sunday (November 29) and Monday (November 30) were delayed due to lightning and data reception problems, respectively.

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