Orbital Sciences + NASA… Double Launch
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has received two separate orders from NASA to launch scientific satellites on its industry-leading small rockets, Pegasus(r) XL and Taurus(r) XL.
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Arianespace… Diligently Doing Double Duty (Launch)
[SatNews] Arianespace stepped up its 2010 launch pace with the June 26th successful dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission, which lofted payloads for the Middle East and South Korea.
Read MoreArianespace… Diligently Doing Double Duty (Launch)
[SatNews] Arianespace stepped up its 2010 launch pace with the June 26th successful dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission, which lofted payloads for the Middle East and South Korea.
Read MoreULA Joins Federation . . .No Secret Handshake Required (Industry Partner)
[SatNews] The Commercial Spaceflight Federation announces that United Launch Alliance of Denver, Colorado has joined the Federation as an Executive Member.
Read MoreRoscosmos + Arianespace… Soyuz Signed On, Big Time (Launch Vehicles)
[SatNews] On June 19, during the International Economical Forum in St. Petersburg, Roscosmos and Arianespace signed a contract which cover 10 additional missions of Russian Soyuz-ST rocket from Guiana Space Center (CSG).
Read MoreArianespace… Cryogenic Core Care (Upcoming Launch)
[SatNews] Arianespace is reporting the initial assembly of the third Ariane 5 to be launched in 2010 has been completed at the Spaceport ,as its ESC-A upper stage and vehicle equipment bay are now installed atop the vehicle's cryogenic core stage.
Read MoreAstrium… Slots Sendoff Set (Satellites Launch)
[SatNews] For its upcoming launch, Ariane 5 will deliver in orbit two Astrium-built satellites: the Arabsat 5A communications satellite for Arabsat and the COMS satellite for the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
Read MoreAriane 5 Does The Heavy Lifting For Arabsat-5A and COMS (Satellite Launch)
[SatNews] The next Ariane 5 flight has been given the go-ahead for its Wednesday liftoff following today’s launch readiness review held at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Read MoreOrbital Sciences… Flawless Fermi (Launch Anniversary)
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) is celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope spacecraft, which has performed flawlessly over the initial two years of its mission to supply scientists with important new data about the nature of the universe.
Read MoreArabsat — Two In One
[SatNews] Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) announced today that the launch of 5A will take place on June 23rd, 2010 at 21:42 GMT by Arianespace (Ariane-5 Rocket).
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