Satellites
Sea Launches Sends Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul 1 Into Orbit
Image credit: Boeing Sea Launch successfully launched the Telstar 14/ Estrela do Sul 1 communications satellite into orbit over the…
First Double Star Launched
Image credit: ESA The first of two Double Star satellites was successfully launched Monday on board a Chinese Long March…
Soyuz Launches Israeli Satellite
Image credit: Arianespace A Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage successfully launched Israel's AMOS 2 telecommunications satellite on Saturday.…
Delta II Launches GPS Satellite
Image credit: Boeing A Boeing Delta II rocket successfully launched a Global Positioning System satellite for the US Air Force…
Atlas Launches Navy Communications Satellite
Image credit: Boeing A Lockheed Martin Atlas III rocket carried a Navy communications satellite onto orbit on Thursday morning. The…
Boeing CEO Resigns
Image credit: Boeing Boeing chairman and CEO Phil Condit announced his resignation this week after a flurry of scandals rocked…
Atlas Launches Classified Payload
Image credit: ILS An Atlas IIAS rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California this morning at 1004 UTC…
Japanese Rocket Destroyed Shortly After Launch
Image credit: JAXA The Japanese space program suffered a setback on Saturday when a booster failed to detach from an…
Spacedev Puts a Satellite Up for Sale on eBay
Image credit: SpaceDev Satellite manufacturer SpaceDev announced today that it has put a satellite up for sale on the Internet…
Contact Lost with Japanese Satellite
Image credit: JAXA Ground controllers have lost contact with Midori 2, a $587 million environmental research satellite launched in December…