ULA Now Ready To GLAST Off On June 5th
The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is now scheduled for Thursday, June 5.
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ILS + Khrunichev Become Even Better Friends
ILS 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 MoreSkyTime Set For Next SkyNet By Astrium
Astrium 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.
Read MoreESA Says Go GOCE
A new launch date has been set for GOCE. The change of date is due to precautionary measures taken after the malfunction of an upper-stage section of a Russian Proton launcher.
Read MoreA Blast For GLAST
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has now been targeted by NASA for a launch on June 3rd from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Read MoreNew NASA Dating Dynamics
NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for two space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is now targeted for Oct. 8, and Endeavour's STS-126 supply mission to the International Space Station has moved from Oct. 16 to Nov. 10.
Read MoreGalaxy 18 Into Orbit Thanks to Sea Launch + A Zenit-3SL
Sea Launch Company has successfully delivered the Galaxy 18 communications satellite to orbit from its ocean-based platform on the Equator, marking its third successful launch in 2008.
Read MoreOSTM/Jason 2 Moves Closer To Climatic Launch
On June 15th, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, OSTM/Jason 2 is scheduled for launch.
Read MoreMay 21st Set For Galaxy 18 Liftoff By Sea Launch
The Sea Launch team arrived at the launch site in the Equatorial Pacific over the weekend and initiated a 72-hour countdown, in preparation for the launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy 18 satellite on Wednesday, May 21.
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