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The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived Tuesday morning via a C17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from the manufacturing plant in El Segundo, California.
Read MorePayload preparations for Ariane 5’s next launch are progressing at the Spaceport in French Guiana for a scheduled April 16th liftoff with a dual-passenger space science payload — this second Arianespace flight of 2009 will carry two European Space Agency spacecraft: Planck and Herschel, both of which are to explore the universe’s mysteries.
Read MoreChina has definite plans to launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards the country's goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday.
Read MoreMEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) has just received confirmation from Intelsat Corporation that the MEASAT-3a satellite has been scheduled for launch in June 2009.
Read MoreNASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 4:55 a.m. EST liftoff Feb. 24 from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Read MoreLike two peas in a pod, the Herschel and Planck satellites, built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor for the European Space Agency, have arrived at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, and are undergoing final preparations leading up to an Ariane 5 launch on April 16.
Read MoreESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician.
Read MoreThe Herschel space telescope has completed what could be called the "blue phase" of its pre-launch preparations for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission, with the spacecraft's mirror inspected for cleanliness using ultraviolet light.
Read MoreNASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, is enroute from Northrop Grumman's facility in Redondo Beach, California, to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in preparation for a spring launch.
Read MoreThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a "breakthrough" remote sensing satellite, RISAT, that can take pictures of Earth at night and even "see" through clouds and fog.
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