Arianespace to launch French military satellites Posted: Thu, Sep 13 11:16 AM ET (1516 GMT) Arianespace has won a contract from the French military to launch four small experimental reconnaissance satellites on a Soyuz, the company announced this week. Arianespace... Russia launches military satellite Posted: Wed, Sep 12 1:29 PM ET (1729 GMT) A Russian Kosmos booster launched a classified military satellite late Tuesday, according to Russian media reports. The Kosmos-3M booster lifted off from the Plesetsk... SpaceX wins commercial GEO launch contract Posted: Wed, Sep 12 1:23 PM ET (1723 GMT) SpaceX has won its first launch contract for a commercial GEO communications satellite from a start-up British satellite operator. London-based Avanti Communications Group... Report: NASA to cancel RpK COTS award Posted: Mon, Sep 10 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT) NASA will terminate an agreement it had with Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) to develop commercial transportation services to the International Space Station after the company's... Proton launch fails Posted: Thu, Sep 6 8:39 AM ET (1239 GMT) A Proton rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite failed to reach orbit early Thursday because of an anomaly with the vehicle's second stage. The... Phoenix Mars mission passes early tests Posted: Thu, Sep 6 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT) NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, launched just over a month ago, has passed a series of in-flight tests, project officials said this week. The... First South Korean astronaut selected Posted: Wed, Sep 5 2:16 PM ET (1816 GMT) The South Korean government has selected a computer engineer to be that nation's first astronaut. Ko San, a 30-year-old artificial intelligence and... Arianespace wins contract to launch Globalstar satellites Posted: Wed, Sep 5 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT) Globalstar has signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of the satellite communications company's next generation of low Earth orbit satellites, the two... India launches communications satellite Posted: Sun, Sep 2 7:07 PM ET (2307 GMT) India successfully launched a communications satellite in the return to flight of a launch vehicle that failed in its last launch over a year ago.... ISS crew relocates docking adapter Posted: Fri, Aug 31 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT) The crew of the International Space Station moved a docking adapter on the station's Unity module to make way for the arrival later this... |
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