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Prepped for a very long voyage, the initial two Soyuz vehicles are being loaded aboard the MN Colibri transport ship in St. Petersburg, Russia this week in preparation for their transatlantic crossing to for Arianespace's operation from the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.
Read MoreArianespace has successfully launched the Ariane 5 ECA with its twin passengers, NSS-12 and THOR 6, from the Spaceport in French Guiana. More to follow after the captured video is processed for viewing...
Read MorePayload integration of Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 for launch in 2009 has begun at the Spaceport, with the mission's lower payload, THOR 6 for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, now installed atop the heavy-lift vehicle.
Read MoreA United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. PDT.
Read MoreA United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. PDT.
Read MoreAtlas V is scheduled to launch the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 (DMSP F18) mission October 18 from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a launch window of 9:12-9:22 a.m. marking the 600th launch of an Atlas vehicle.
Read MoreThe next Ariane 5 mission has moved into its final preparation phase as the vehicle for this sixth flight of 2009 is delivered to Arianespace.
Read MoreThe launch of a pathfinder space tracking satellite is on hold due to problems with equipment on its Minotaur 4 rocket, the Air Force said on Monday in a written statement.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully completed the acceptance testing of the Falcon 9 first and second stages in preparation for the vehicle's first flight.
Read MoreArianespace achieved success with their Ariane 5 launch on October 1st — this was the vehicle's 33rd consecutive success and its fifth flight in 2009 — bringing total payloads orbited by the company this year to seven telecommunications satellites, two deep space telescopes and two piggyback spacecraft.
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