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The successful launch of the European Space Agency's second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE-B) occurred on April 27th from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz/Fregat rocket at 04:16 local time.
Read MoreThe Indian Space Research Organization has announced that April 28th is the date now set for the launch of their Polar Satellite Vehicle, PSLV-C9 carrying aboard their latest remote sensing satellite, known as CARTOSAT-2A, along with Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nanosatellites, will launch at about 9:20 a.m.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency is reporting that the mirror of the Herschel telescope has now been assembled with the payload and service module, completing the spacecraft structure, an important milestone in the days following through to launch.
Read MoreThe second experimental satellite that's part of the Galileo constellation, GIOVE-B, is set to starts its journey into space from the Baikonur spaceport.
Read MoreDue to the launcher arm at Baikonur not reaching nominal separation distance from the launch vehicle, the launch of the AMOS-3 satellite will be delayed.
Read MoreThe Russian Soyuz TMA-11 capsule did return to Earth on schedule, but not exactly as planned, per the dramatic re-entry on April 19th for the crew—Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Peggy Whitson, and South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon.
Read MoreNASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft.
Read MoreThe newest comsat for Spacecom, AMOS-3, is now scheduled to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 24th.
Read MoreThe Satmex 7 satellite will be launched between the close of 2010 and the start of 2011, according to the company.
Read MoreThrough the World Teleport Association's Uplink newsletter, the organization's PRODUCT OF THE MONTH is the StellarMini e2v high power Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) outdoor satellite uplink amplifier.
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