Up, Up + Away Is The Latest Chinese Sat
The 113th launch of a Chinese Long March rocket saw the country's new remote sensing satellite, Yaogan IV, en route to orbit.
Read MoreMission Deployments & Manifests
Make That DragonLab x2 For SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has added two DragonLab missions to its manifest. This is a result of demand of a successful workshop held at SpaceX headquarters on November 6th to introduce the new DragonLab product.
Read MoreMeeting MEASAT-3a Back in the U.S.
The MEASAT-3a satellite is now back in the U.S. where it will undergo repairs after being damaged during pre-launch operations in Baikonur, where it had undergone a complex de-fueling and decontamination procedure.
Read MoreInto Wild Blue Yonder with REDSAT From Thales Alenia Space España
Thales Alenia Space announced today that HISPASAT has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space Espana, its Spanish subsidiary, for the development and supply of the REDSAT Advanced Communication Payload for the AG1, a Small GEO mission within the scope of the European Space Agency’s ARTES 11 program.
Read MoreEnding the Year with a Roar, Ariane’s HOT BIRD 9 and W2M
The dual-satellite payload for Ariane space's sixth mission of 2008 is beginning its integration process with launcher hardware as preparations move forward for the year-end flight of two communications satellites, HOT BIRD 9 and W2M, at the service of Europe's telecommunications operator, Eutelsat.
Read MoreNigComSat-1 Has Truly Been Unavoidably Detained — Permanently!
"Electricity power exhaustion" — hmmmm, a rather underpowered statement from the China Great Wall Industry Corporation as to the reason the comsat NigComSat-1 has failed to report for duty.
Read MoreCanadian Constellation Contract Commissioned To MDA
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has been awarded a 16-month contract by the Canadian Space Agency that's valued at $40 million to begin the design of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM).
Read MoreEcceliente — SICRAL-1B Lands At Launch Site
Now shipped to its launch site after completing integration and testing is the SICRAL-1B satellite.
Read MoreNASA Endeavours To DIY, Shoot Crops and Transport Leonardo
As you know by now the Endeavour and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:55 p.m. EST Friday to repair and remodel the International Space Station (it was an amazing sight with a full moon illuminating the night.)
Read MoreOCO Moved to Vandenberg AFB To Meet Up With Taurus
NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final launch preparations.
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