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The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's record sixth flight of 2007 has been transferred to the Final Assembly Building at the Spaceport in French Guiana in preparation for its December launch. Ariane 5 GS was rolled out yesterday from the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building.
Read MoreUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) marked its first anniversary of operation on December 1, 2007, with company-wide employee celebrations and preparations for the final three launches of the year.
Read MoreKawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced it has shipped a payload fairing for the H-IIA No.14 (H-IIA F14) launch vehicle to the Tanegashima Space Center.
Read MoreAccording to RIA Novosti (the Russian News & Information Agency), a new, yet-to-be-built space center located in the far eastern section of the country will be the site of a series of manned spacecraft launches, starting in 2018.
Read MoreIn an article bylined by BR Srikanth of the Hindustan Times, seems as though the Indians have now joined a rather exclusive league of U.S., Russian and European scientists in that the country now possesses the capability to design and build cryogenic engines. These engines are critical for boosting comsats and manned missions into space.
Read MoreOn November 18th at approximately 04:39, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhastan, Launch Pad 39, the SIRIUS 4 satellite will be en route to its destination via a Proton M/Breeze M rocket and through the auspices of International Launch Services, McLean, Virginia.
Read MoreThe Air Force successfully launched the final Defense Support Program satellite 23 into space atop a giant Delta IV Heavy Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) from Pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at 8:50 p.m. EDT last evening. This launch marked the first use of the Delta IV HLV for an operational mission on a day honoring our nation’s veterans.
Read MoreICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited [NASDAQ: ICOG] is delighted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS). In consultation with the United Launch Alliance (ULA), LMCLS has established a slot of March 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 for the launch of their G1 satellite at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Read MoreThe green light has been given to Arianespace for the dual payload Ariane 5 mission. Liftoff should occur today, Friday, November 9th, as the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana was completed yesterday.
Read MoreThe first pan-African telecommunications satellite Rascom 1 landed at Cayenne's Rochambeau International Airport aboard an Antonov An-125 cargo jetliner and has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in preparation for Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 mission of 2007.
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