After a “major” launch anomaly, satellites scrambling to reach orbits

Enlarge / An Ariane 5 rocket launches in December, 2017. (credit: Arianespace) On Wednesday night, an Ariane 5 booster took off from Kourou, a launch site in French Guiana operated by a European rocket company. The launch proceeded normally until shortly before nine minutes and 26 seconds into the flight, when ground tracking stations lost […]