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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited [NASDAQ: ICOG] is delighted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS). In consultation with the United Launch Alliance (ULA), LMCLS has established a slot of March 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 for the launch of their G1 satellite at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Read MoreThe first pan-African telecommunications satellite Rascom 1 landed at Cayenne's Rochambeau International Airport aboard an Antonov An-125 cargo jetliner and has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in preparation for Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 mission of 2007.
Read MoreThe Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port. This is all in preparation for the launch of the Thuraya-3 satellite.
Read MoreNASA has decided to delay the launch of the Dawn spacecraft. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket’s second stage could not complete the fueling on schedule last Sunday due to inclement weather. The 24-hour delay now places the launch for Thursday, September 27, between 7:20 a.m. and 7:49 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft’s mission is to investigate the asteroid belt.
Read MoreDue to “conflicts” with the launch of a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Russia, the launch of the Galileo navigation satellite set for liftoff later this year has now been allegedly delayed. No hint of financial distresss, apparently, as a reason for such a halting decision.
Read MoreOn September 6th at 04:43 Baikonur time (or 07:43 Tokyo time, or on September 5th at 22:43 hours GMT or 18:43 EDT), JCSAT-11 will be hoisted into space by a four-burn ILS Proton M/Breeze M rocket. From Launch Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, this Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems built satellite will provide JSAT Corporation with multipurpose communications capabilities as a critically-needed backup vehicle for the JSAT fleet, providing coverage over Japan, the Asia-Pacific region, Oceania and Hawaii.
Read MoreAdverse weather conditions are the cause of a one-day delay for the launch of INSAT-4CR by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The homegrown Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) will now lift off on September 2nd, as severe thunderstorms over the last few days during the nighttime hours delayed pre-launch work by about 14 hours.
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