Arianespace…Packs Up A Six Pack Of Globalstar Sats (Launch)
[SatNews] Imagine prepping a satellite for a launch — then imagine prepping six sats for a launch.
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Sea Launch… Getting Set For Space Again (Launch)
[SatNews] International consortium Sea Launch plans to resume Zenit-3SL carrier rocket launches from its floating platform in the Pacific Ocean in 2011, the head of the Russian Rocket and Space Corporation Energia said on Monday.
Read MoreVirgin’s Perfect 10.10.10 — VSS Enterprise’s First Manned Flight (Launch)
[SatNews] The date couldn't have been better, 10.10.10, much like the scores returned in the Olympics that indicate a perfect performance.
Read MoreILS To Take XM Radio SIRIUS(ly) While Launching On A Breeze (Launch)
[SatNews] All is currently proceeding on schedule, and the SIRIUS XM Radio audience should be pleased.
Read MoreArianespace…Milestone 200th Flight Will Send Off Kepler (LAUNCH)
[SatNews] The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be orbited on Ariane's milestone 200th flight is a center of attention at the Spaceport in French Guiana as pre-launch preparations advance with this large resupply vessel for the International Space Station.
Read MoreXCOR Aerospace… Space Tourism Takes A Major Step Forward in Curaçao
[SatNews] Space Experience Cura?ao (SXC) and XCOR Aerospace, Inc. have jointly announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the wet lease of a production version of the Lynx suborbital spacecraft, pending United States government approvals to station the vehicle on the island of Cura?ao in the Netherlands Antilles.
Read MoreArianespace… Six Set For Space (Launch)
[SatNews] All six Globalstar satellites for the upcoming Soyuz flight from Baikonur Cosmodrome have been integrated on their dispenser system, marking a new milestone in this key mission to be performed October 19 for Arianespace by its Starsem affiliate.
Read MoreNASA… Energy Assured (Launch Support)
[SatNews] NASA has signed a $60.3 million contract modification to space shuttle main engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. of Canoga Park, Calif., to provide continued space shuttle main engine prelaunch, launch and landing support from Oct. 1, 2010, through March 31, 2011.
Read MoreU.S.A.F. — It’s Space For SBSS (Launch)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft carried aboard a Minotaur IV launch vehicle at 9:41 p.m. PDT, September 25th, from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Read MoreRussia… Soyuz-ST Send Up Soon (Launch)
[SatNews] The first flight of Russia's Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the European space center in French Guiana may take place in March 2011, a senior Russian space official said on Wednesday.
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