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The French Guiana launch site, the Spaceport, has received another launcher—the Ariane 5 arrived at the location aboard the MN Colibri and all components have been unloaded at the port of Paricabo and then transferred to the Spaceport.
Read MoreThe French Guiana launch site, the Spaceport, has received another launcher—the Ariane 5 arrived at the location aboard the MN Colibri and all components have been unloaded at the port of Paricabo and then transferred to the Spaceport.
Read MoreThe Ariane 5 for Arianespace's next dual-satellite mission has been moved to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. conducted the first three-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor, on March 8, 2008.
Read MoreNASA and United Space Alliance engineers and technicians working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center tested procedures they will rely on to handle and load the propellant tanks that will be used on the roll control system of the Ares I.
Read MoreSea Launch is proceeding toward the launch of the DIRECTV 11 broadcast satellite on Wednesday, March 19th.
Read MoreYesterday was the date DirecTV 11 was supposed to have launched. Such did not occur, as the sea-based mobile launching system company Sea Launch placed the countdown on hold.
Read MoreDuring the second burn of the Breeze M launch vehicle's upper stage, something untoward occurred and the AMC-14 satellite failed to reach orbit.
Read MoreAdding to the Atlas rocket's legacy of launches from the west coast that started in 1959, United Launch Alliance's Atlas V made its debut flight from Space Launch Complex-3 East at Vandenberg A.F.B. at 3:02 a.m. PDT, March 13th.
Read MoreInternational Launch Services is stating that liftoff for the AMC-14 satellite is March 15th at 23:18 GMT from Baikonur's Launch Pad 39 aboard a Proton M/Breeze M launch vehicle.
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