NASA — Endeavor Writes History With Final Launch
Space shuttle Endeavour lit up the predawn sky above Florida's Space Coast on Monday with a 4:14 a.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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International Launch Services — Intelsat-16 Up, Up + Away — Shortly
International Launch Services is getting set to launch the Intelsat-16 satellite aboard a Proton M/Breeze M rocket on February 11th at 7:30 p.m., EST.
Read MoreIran — An Eclectic Mix Of Rodent, Reptile +Tubular Invertebrate Catch A Ride Into Space
Iran has successfully launched a home-produced satellite on the Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) satellite launcher.
Read MoreNASA Recruits United Launch Alliance For Their Crew
While some companies are finding the economy challenging good news came to those companies selected by NASA as part of its Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev) such as United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Read MoreArianespace – Vega Victory
In Rome, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Markus Bertschi, Launcher Programmes Department Head at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed a contract defining Arianespace's support services for the qualification campaign and combined testing of the Vega light launcher.
Read MoreSpaceX — A Falcon For Spacecom
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) of Ramat-Gan Israel, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, have signed an agreement for launch of a communication satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 as early as December 2012.
Read MoreNASA And ULA Solar Dynamics Observatory — We’ll Follow The Sun
SatNews has received United Launch Aliance's (ULA) mission booklet of the upcoming Atlas V launch of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission.
Read MoreArianespace — Takes Home Galileo Launch Contract
Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Ren? Oosterlinck, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the
Read MoreUnited Launch Alliance — Goes Wide And Blocks For U.S. Air Force’s WGS-4
Decisions made by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center resulted in awarding United Launch Alliance a contract modification to perform the launch services for the Wideband Global SATCOM-4 (WGS-4) satellite aboard a Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.
Read MoreBoeing And ILS — Proton Takes Off On A Breeze And Brings TV DIRECTly To U.S.
It may be the holidays for many around the world, but International Launch Services (ILS) and Boeing have been working to successfully carry the DIRECTV 12 satellite into orbit today launched from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome at 6:22 a.m. today local time (7:22 p.m. EDT, 00:22 GMT) for DIRECTV of El Segundo, California, on an ILS Proton.
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