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Four… that’s correct, four… satellites were successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle, and Globalstar Inc. is delighted to be able to augment the earlier four satellites launched in May of this year.
Read MoreThe fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on October 17th from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Read MoreThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed the separation operation of one of the onboard baby satellites, the Relay Satellite (Rstar,) of the "KAGUYA" (SELENE). The Rstar was released at 9:36 a.m. on October 9 (Japan Standard Time, JST).
Read MoreLaunch service contracts for two future NASA space exploration missions have been landed by United Launch Alliance. The missions will be Landsat and Juno, scheduled to launch in 2011.
Read MoreThursday, October 4th was a big day for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Read MoreCertainly is a great feeling when a launch goes as planned… just ask Intelsat, Ltd., whose Intelsat 11 satellite, and Optus’ D2, were successfully launched aboard Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket at 6:02 p.m. EDT on Friday, October 5th. The satellite packs a payload of 25 C- and 18 ku-band transponders for content broadcasting in the Americas and Europe.
Read MoreThe Star One C1 communications satellite has been transferred to the Kourou, French Guiana launch site by Thales Alenia Space. Star One C1 is dedicated to the Brazilian satellite operator Star One.
Read MoreThe third Thuraya communications satellite has now been shipped by Boeing [NYSE: BA] from their El Segundo, California manufacturing facility to the Sea Launch Home Port located in Long Beach, California. At the Sea Launch facility, the satellite will be prepped for its launch next month.
Read MoreThe Ariane 5 GS launcher for Arianespace's fourth flight of 2007 completed its build-up last Thursday, the 20th of September, with the installation of Intelsat 11 as its upper payload. During activity inside the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, the upper payload "stack" was placed atop its Ariane 5.
Read MoreThe second satellite for Arianespace’s upcoming dual-passenger mission has now completed its fueling at Europe’s Spaceport and is ready for integration on the Ariane 5 GS launcher. Optus D2 was “topped off” in the S5B hall, which is one of three primary clean room zones within the state-of-the-art S5 satellite preparation facility at the Spaceport.
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