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Yesterday, the story below was published when the Palapa D satellite failed to achieve its correct orbit, blamed on the failure of the 3rd stage of the Chinese Chang Zheng-3B launch vehicle. Just as in the movies, the cavalry has come to the rescue!
Read MoreOn August 30, the encapsulated HTV Demonstration Flight was transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Tanegashima Space Center.
Read MoreLeonardo, the Multi-Purpose Pressurized Logistics Modules (MPLM) developed by Thales Alenia Space, will be launched tomorrow with the space shuttle Discovery, assuming all goes well and the launch takes place, (STS-128 mission) to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center.
Read MoreThe satellite carried by Korea's first space rocket appears to have fallen toward earth after failing to enter the target orbit due to problems with the payload fairing, the ministry of education, science and technology said on August 26.
Read MoreThe U.S. space shuttle Discovery is set to carry three new research facilities to the International Space Station (ISS), which will enable more on board science to occur.
Read MoreKazakhstan's first satellite, KazSat-1, has been placed into orbit for a 'space burial,' the country's mission control reported last Friday.
Read MoreLifting off from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone in French Guiana, Arianespace' Ariane 5 injected its JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 payloads into geostationary transfer orbit during a flight that lasted just over 34 minutes.
Read MoreOptus' latest state-of-the-art satellite, Optus D3, was successfully propelled into orbit following an impressive lift-off from French Guiana on August 22nd.
Read MoreSpace Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered a communications satellite built for Telesat to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch on September 18th aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
Read MoreThe Arianespace Center in French Guiana is one busy place as it keeps up its mission pace with two Ariane 5s now in process at French Guiana, in addition to the vehicle involved in the August 21st flight, with a payload of two telecommunications satellites.
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