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The U.S. has allowed the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to launch Algerian satellites having American components using an Indian launch vehicle, following a Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) between the two countries.
Read MoreThe first of two telecommunications satellite payloads for Arianespace's next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission has been installed atop its launcher as preparations move into their final phase for the August 21 flight.
Read MoreAsiaSat 5 was launched August 12th on an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, described as a new generation communications' satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat). The next news report, nine hours and 15 minutes after liftoff announced that AsiaSat 5 successfully separated from the launch vehicle. AsiaSat in Hong Kong acquired the first signals from the satellite.
Read MoreAsiaSat 5, aboard an ILS Proton launch vehicle, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at Hong Kong Time 3:47:33 a.m. on the 12th of August.
Read MoreOptus has confirmed its state-of-the-art D3 satellite is scheduled for launch from French Guiana on Saturday, 22 August 2009 AEST.
Read MoreThe final phase of payload preparations has been initiated for Arianespace’s next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission, which is set for later this month with the Optus D3 and JCSAT-12 as satellite passengers.
Read MoreAn ILS Proton will be launching AsiaSat-5, according to a new contract signed between International Launch Services and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company.
Read MoreDual payloads of telecommunications' satellites are undergoing preparations as the fifth Ariane 5 this year readies for launch having completed its initial build-up for another of Arianespace's trademark dual-satellite payload missions. (In the photo at right, the ESC-A upper stage/vehicle equipment bay unit is moved toward Ariane 5 for its installation atop the launcher’s core stage).
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] announced that the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K program successfully completed its Ground Detailed Design Review (GDDR), held June 2-4 at NASA’s White Sands Complex, N.M.
Read MoreThe Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology announced that the clustered launch of a satellite group that includes DubaiSat-1, originally scheduled for July 25, has been rescheduled by the International Space Company to July 29, 2009.
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