Satellites
Japanese H-IIA Launches
Image credit: NASDA A Japanese H-2A rocket successfully launched from Tanegashima Space Center today, carrying two experimental satellites. It launched…
Proton Rocket Lofts Russian Satellite
Image credit: ILS A Russian Proton-K lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Thursday, carrying a Kosmos 2392 satellite into an…
Ariane 5 Rocket Launches Two Satellites
A powerful Ariane 5 rocket lifted off late Friday from the European Space Agency (ESA) launch center in Kourou, French…
Sea Launch Delivers PanAmSat to Orbit
Image credit: Sea Launch A Zenit-3SL successfully carried a PanAmSat's Galaxy IIIC satellite into orbit on Saturday, marking the seventh…
Ariane Rocket Launches Intelsat Bird
An Ariane 44L rocket successfully launched an Intelsat 905 telecommunications satellite into orbit on Wednesday - liftoff was at 0644…
SPOT 5 Launched on Board Ariane Rocket
An Ariane 4 rocket blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana Saturday morning at 0131 GMT (9:31 pm EDT Friday), carrying…
Delta Launches Aqua Satellite
Image credit: NASA NASA's newest Earth observation satellite launched Saturday aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. Called Aqua, the satellite…
Ariane Launches Communications Satellite
An Ariane 44L rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou on Tuesday evening at 2302 GMT (7:02…
Ariane 5 Launches Envisat Successfully
Image credit: Arianespace After much anticipation, an Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana last night, carrying the…
Ariane 5 Rolled out to Launch Pad
An Ariane 5 rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite, Europe's largest and most expensive satellite was rolled out…