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In an editorial published by space industry newspaper Space News in that publication's April 27th edition, Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall addressed satellite operators’ increasing pressure to encourage new providers for an already overcrowded launch services sector.
Read MoreRussia is interested in hosting North Korean satellite launches, which is rather enlightening, given the worldwide condemnation of such a launch last month — another useless offer on the table in hopes of altering the North Korean mind set regarding nuclear weaponry.
Read MoreFollowing confirmation from Eurockot Launch Services that they will launch ESA's SMOS mission on September 9th, the satellite has now been removed from storage and will soon be prepared for shipment to the Russian launch site in.
Read MoreThe Herschel space telescope for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 mission literally “chilled out” this week with the loading of liquid helium that will help it gather data on the formation of stars and galaxies.
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has shipped the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite from the company's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo, California, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed an agreement with CONAE, Argentina’s National Commission on Space Activity, for two launches aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 medium-to-heavy lift vehicle.
Read MoreAnother Ariane 5 launch vehicle has been delivered to French Guiana, underscoring Arianespace's ability to support a sustained mission pace with its workhorse heavy-lift launcher.
Read MoreNew Dawn Satellite Company Ltd. ("New Dawn"), a joint venture between Intelsat and a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners, has awarded Arianespace the launch contract to deliver the Intelsat New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) — the new contract is the 6th signed in 2009 by Arianespace with major satellite operators.
Read MoreDespite the downturn in much of the world's economy, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for Arianespace on April 8 in Evry, France, announced 2008 sales of 955.7 million euros, with net income of 2.5 million euros.
Read MoreThe Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the Equator, in preparation for the launch of Telespazio’s SICRAL 1B communication satellite, on April 19.
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