GPS II-F Ground Testing Completed By Boeing
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed key ground tests that help pave the way for next year's launch of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite.
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PAKSAT-1R On Pakistan’s + China’s Build Agenda
Pakistan and China have signed an agreement to develop a new satellite, PAKSAT-1R, in about a three year time period, Pakistan's Economic Affairs Division (EAD) said in a press release.
Read MoreBittersweet — NASA Names Last Mission Crew For ISS
With the last scheduled space shuttle mission slated for September 2010, a crew to staff this momentous ride has been named.
Read MoreNimiq 5 Now Maneuvering Magnificently
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL), has announced that Nimiq 5, a DTH television satellite built for Telesat, is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan.
Read MoreJapan’s HTV-1 Supply Rendezvous With ISS Successful
The unmanned Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle arrived at the International Space Station and was successfully attached to the Earth-facing (nadir) port on the Harmony module using the Station's robotic arm.
Read MoreAmazing Arianespace’s Amazonas 2’s Adventure
Lots of activity at the satellite staging area of Ariane 5's Final Assembly Building at the Spaceport in French Guiana, where the final payload integration is underway for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2009.
Read MoreISRO Set To Launch Oceansat-2… + 7 Others!
Seven satellites in 1,200 seconds — that's one heckuva launch — in fact, there was one similar in April 2008 when India's ISRO launched 10 satellites. The ISRO is all set to put six nano satellites and one major ocean satellite into orbit on Wednesday from Sriharikota. The final 51-hour countdown started on Monday at 9:00 a.m.
Read MoreRussian Phobos-Grunt Gets Delayed — Not Good News For China, Either
Russia will push back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday.
Read MoreSatellite’s Soil + Salinity Studies Soon Starts
The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) Earth observation satellite has been shipped to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia where he will start its launch campaign for a Rockot launch scheduled on November 2nd.
Read MoreDouble Load For Ariane 5 ECA For Upcoming Launch — Prep Work Continues…
Preparations continue by Arianespace for the upcoming Ariane 5 mission, which involves parallel processing of Germany's COMSATBw-1 military relay satellite and the Amazonas 2 commercial telecom platform for Spain's HISPASAT.
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