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Atlas V Intelsat-14 mission is proceeding as planned with the commercial launch currently scheduled for Saturday, November 14 with a launch window of 12:48-2:18 a.m. EST, just past midnight of Friday evening, November 13.
Read MoreThe W7 satellite of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) arrived at the Baikonour Cosmodrome on October 20th and is now in final stages of preparation for launch on November
Read MoreSpace Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that NSS-12, a satellite built for SES WORLD SKIES, a subsidiary of SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange:SESG), is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers.
Read MoreThe Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead to fuel the Rockot launcher that will take ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites into orbit.
Read MoreThe Indian Navy is going to receive its own satellite, with footprint coverage across the Indian Ocean region.
Read MorePratt & Whitney Rocketdyne helped boost a Lockheed Martin-built meteorological satellite for the U.S. Air Force into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] has indicated the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite built for the U.S. Air Force was shipped on September 28th to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, where it will be tested and prepared for a November launch.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force is set to launch its next Defense Meteorological Program satellite, DMSP Flight 18, from Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 3, Sunday, October 18.
Read MoreDelayed by a second stage battery check the launch of WorldView-2 occurred at 11.52 a.m. PDT at Vandenberg AFB, California, making DigitalGlobe the only commercial world-imagery provider with high-resolution, eight-band multispectral capability.
Read MoreThe Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), is undergoing final preparation for a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on October 18, 2009.
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