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Three additional Minotaur space launch vehicles, to support the new Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office, have been ordered by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center (SMC) — and the recipient of the order is Orbital Sciences Corporation.
Read MoreDuring the second burn of the Breeze M launch vehicle's upper stage, something untoward occurred and the AMC-14 satellite failed to reach orbit.
Read MoreA new contract has been signed between International Launch Services (ILS) and SIRIUS Satellite Radio [NASDAQ:SIRI] that will result in the launch of two SIRIUS satellites via a Proton Breeze M vehicle. Plus, ILS has signed on to launch S2M satellite.
Read MoreInternational Launch Services (ILS) is set to launch the THOR 5 satellite aboard a Proton M/Breeze M launch vehicle.
Read MoreUnited Launch Alliance successfully launched a Delta II expendable launch vehicle on Thursday, December 20th, from Space Launch Complex 17-A at 3:04 p.m., EST. Carried aloft was the Air Force’s GPS IIR-18(M) satellite.
Read MoreA RS-27a rocket engine powered the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that carried aloft the Italian Space Agency's COSMO/SkyMed-2 satellite from Vandenburg A.F.B. last Saturday night.
Read MoreThe Ariane 5 for Arianespace's record sixth flight of 2007 has been transferred to the Final Assembly Building at the Spaceport in French Guiana in preparation for its December launch. Ariane 5 GS was rolled out yesterday from the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building.
Read MoreUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) marked its first anniversary of operation on December 1, 2007, with company-wide employee celebrations and preparations for the final three launches of the year.
Read MoreThe Air Force successfully launched the final Defense Support Program satellite 23 into space atop a giant Delta IV Heavy Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) from Pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at 8:50 p.m. EDT last evening. This launch marked the first use of the Delta IV HLV for an operational mission on a day honoring our nation’s veterans.
Read MoreThe green light has been given to Arianespace for the dual payload Ariane 5 mission. Liftoff should occur today, Friday, November 9th, as the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana was completed yesterday.
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