Ariane 5 ECA Travels To French Guiana For TerreStar-1
Arianespace is maintaining its Ariane 5 mission pace with this week's delivery of the third heavy-lift vehicle to be launched in 2009 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Valve Victory Proclaimed — Discovery Could Launch On The 11th
NASA has moved up by one day to March 11 the launch of its space shuttle <i>Discovery</i> on its 16-day mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
Read MoreChina’s Claim of Long March 5 Rocket’s Fuel-ish Capacity
Information has been provided from a Chinese space expert that China's Long March 5 large-thrust carrier rocket, currently under development and scheduled to be put into service in 2014, uses less fuel for the same load than any other rocket in the world except Boeing's Delta 4 Heavy.
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NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place February 28th at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
Read MoreWenchang To Welcome New Chinese Launch Center
China construct a new space launch center in the southernmost Hainan Province in the near future, according to military sources.
Read MoreLand Launch Success for Telstar 11N Satellite
The Land Launch Zenit-3SLB system today successfully inserted Telesat’s Telstar 11N communications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Zenit launch site at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreDiscovery Remains A Valve Victim — New Launch Hoped For By March 12th
NASA's Space Shuttle Program has established a plan that could support shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station, tentatively targeted for March 12, with an exact target launch date to be determined as work progresses with the shuttle's three gaseous hydrogen flow control valves.
Read MoreCountdown Underway for Launch of Telstar 11N Satellite — First of Six Zenit Missions in 2009
Preparations are underway at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan for the launch of the Telstar 11N communications satellite on February 26 at 10:30 am Pacific Time (18:30 GMT), in a two-hour launch window.
Read MoreTotally Plasmatic — MIT Developing New Rocket
Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path — MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration of growing importance as more private companies start working in space.
Read MoreSatellite Launch By North Korea Expected By Early May
North Korea said Tuesday it was readying to launch a satellite, a move that the United States and its allies believe could actually be a long-range missile test that would deepen global tensions.
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