Korea’s Launch Luster Fast Fading — Another Delay!
South Korea's first independently built space rocket suffered further launch delays with today's liftoff canceled due to poor weather, according to the nation's national news agency.
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Ariane 5 Has Everything Stacked In Its Favor
Every aspect of the preparation for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission is progressing smoothly including the build-up of the payload "stack" now underway at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Read MoreGPS Sats Are Going To Be Going, Going, Gone — IIR-M Final Flight
The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the last in the series of eight modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) IIR-M satellite aboard the last Air Force procured United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket August 17 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.?
Read MoreFill ‘er Up — Ariane 5 All Gassed Up and Ready For Heavy Lifting!
Step by step the process is completed. Today both payloads for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 flight have been fueled at the Spaceport as preparations continue for the workhorse vehicle's fourth heavy-lift launch of 2009 from French Guiana.
Read MoreSSTL Signals All Is In Readiness For UK-DMC2 Launch
SSTL's UK-DMC2 satellite has successfully completed pre-launch tests and is integrated with a Dnepr launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in readiness for launch on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at 18:46 UTC, 19:46 BST.
Read MoreOptimizing Optus D3 For Dual Drive Into Orbit
The Optus D3 telecommunications satellite is undergoing its pre-launch checkout at Europe’s Spaceport in preparation for an August liftoff on Arianespace’s fourth heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission of 2009.
Read MoreGetting JCSAT-12 Set As 4th Ariane 5 Taking Center Stage
Arianespace has received its fourth Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, while the first of two payloads for this upcoming mission is now at the Spaceport for final preparation.
Read MoreWill The Weather Ever Cooperate With NASA For Endeavour Launch??
As the launch time approaches for the Endeavour space shuttle and the STS-127 mission, all of the previous "challenges" regarding leaks and so on have been ameliorated. The launch team continues to keep any eye on the weather.
Read MoreLightning Lambastes Launch
Space shuttle Endeavour’s launch has been delayed 24 hours to allow technical teams additional time to evaluate lightning strikes at Launch Pad 39A that occurred during Friday's thunderstorm.
Read MoreSTS-127 Countdown Continues For Saturday Launch
Launch countdown operations are on schedule with no issues to report, according to launch officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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