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June 20th at Vandenburg AFB in California is the location... the date is June 20th... and vehicle is a Delta II rocket... and the payload is the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM/Jason 2).
Read MoreHigh-fives and a loud WooHoo! After a number of delays, finally, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:05 p.m. EDT, June 11th.
Read MoreDunno... this must be the fourth revisitation we've had regarding the launch date for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
Read MoreDuring the final checks of last Friday's planned Ariane 5 ECA mission, a software programming error was discovered, resulting in the launch of the rocket with Skynet-5C and Turksat-3A satellites aboard being negated.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first five-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas test facility.
Read MoreGee, this is getting repetitive... this is the third date change for the launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket—now scheduled for Monday, June 7th.
Read MoreA launcher software test being conducted during the final, pre-launch checks for the upcoming Ariane 5 ECA launch was considered to be not normal with its results.
Read MoreThe launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is now scheduled for Thursday, June 5.
Read MoreILS International Launch Services Inc. just announced Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has acquired the shares of ILS owned by majority shareholder, Space Transport Inc.
Read MoreAstrium is on target for the third Skynet-5 satellite launch with Skynet-5C scheduled for launch from Kourou, French Guiana on Nay 30th 2008 on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
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