Satellites
Proton Launches Intelsat 10-02
A Russian-built Proton rocket successfully launched an Intelsat 10-02 communications satellite today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan. The rocket…
Atlas II Launches AMC-11 Satellite
An Atlas IIAS placed an SES Americom television broadcast satellite into orbit on Wednesday, marking the 72nd consecutive flight for…
Space Tug Set to Launch in 2007
Orbital Recovery has signed a long term contract with Arianespace to launch five of its space tugs as secondary payloads…
Sea Launch Sends DIRECTV Satellite to Orbit
Sea Launch successfully lofted the DIRECTV 7S broadcast satellite into orbit today. A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the floating…
Sea Launch Prepares for DIRECTV Launch
The Sea Launch Odyssey launch platform and Commander ship arrived at the equator on Thursday to make preparations to launch…
Gravity Probe B is Working Fine
NASA has checked out its recently launched Gravity Probe B spacecraft, and everything seems to be working fine. The solar…
Gravity Probe B Launches
A special NASA spacecraft designed to test two aspects of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, Gravity Probe B, lifted off…
Atlas Launches Superbird-6
An Atlas 2AS rocket launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Friday morning, carrying a Japanese Superbird-6 communications satellite into orbit.…
Aura Satellite Delivered to Launch Facility
NASA's Aura satellite - the latest in a series of Earth observing spacecraft - arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base…
Genesis Prepares to Return to Earth
NASA ordered the Genesis spacecraft to close up its particle collectors this week, to prepare its sample-return capsule to enter…