WorldView-2 Winning Ways
Geoimage and DigitalGlobe have announced the winner of their competition to witness the launch of DigitalGlobe’s Worldview-2 satellite from California later this year.
Read MoreMission Deployments & Manifests
IndoStar II/ProtoStar II Catch a Breeze and Get a Lift on a Proton
Edging ever closer to the launch date of May 16 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Launch Pad 39, the IndoStar II/ ProtoStar II communications satellite, manufactured by the Boeing Company is scheduled to lift off on a Proton M/Breeze M at 06:57 Baikonur; May 16: 00:57 GMT; May 15: 20:57 EDT.
Read MoreWhen Pigs Fly — Atlantis Readies for Journey
The stops and starts of prepping for the Atlantis' journey to repair the Hubble telescope are narrowing down to just hours before the launch.
Read MoreCargo Shuttles Off To ISS
RIA Novosti is reporting that Russia has launched a Progress M-02M cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), this according to a spokesman for Russia's space agency Roscosmos.
Read MoreAs Space Shuttle Climbs High It Will Be Televised in High Def
NASA Television will provide live high definition coverage of Monday's scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Read MoreDown for the Count — STS-125 Crew in Final Quarantine
The red carpet may not be there, but the impressiveness of the mission still wows the crowds.
Read MoreAll-Important Integration Finds Herschel + Planck SYLDA’d Into Place
The payload "stack" build-up for Ariane 5's second mission of 2009 marked another milestone with the encapsulation of its lower passenger — the Planck space observatory — in the SYLDA dispenser system.
Read MorePlanck + Herschel Launch Date Is Now Set!
Preparations for Ariane 5's upcoming mission to explore the universe’s origins have entered their final phase with the startup of payload integration on the heavy-lift launcher. As a matter of fact, Arianespace has just announced the launch date as the additional checks on the Ariane 5 ECA launcher have been completed — Thursday, May 14, 2009, is when the satellites will be pushed into space.
Read MoreIntelsat Intros Important Inclusion
Intelsat Ltd. has revealed their plan to add a new satellite to its global fleet, that being the Intelsat 22 satellite, which is expected to be launched in Q1 2012 and will serve at the 72 degrees East longitude orbital location over the Indian Ocean region.
Read MoreIntelsat Gets In Down Under With ADF + Intelsat 22
Intelsat, Ltd. has announced the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has agreed to purchase a specialized UHF communications payload aboard an Intelsat satellite scheduled for launch in 2012.
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