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Hispasat 36W-1 arrives at Kourou Spaceport
Dec 09, 2016 (ESA)
Launch preparation activity is underway for Arianespace's initial mission in 2017, with an all-new type of telecommunications satellite now delivered to the Spa...
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches WGS-8 Mission for the U.S. Air Force
Dec 09, 2016 (SPX)
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the eighth installment of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the United States Air Force lif...
China develops non-toxic propellant for orbiting satellites
Dec 09, 2016 (XNA)
A non-toxic propulsion system developed by Chinese scientists will enable satellites to carry more payload and save on satellite launching costs, the system's d...
ULA launches eighth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite
Dec 08, 2016 (UPI)
United Launch Alliance successfully launched the eighth installment of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite constellation for the U.S. Air Force. The launch, co...
Three months after rocket explosion SpaceX plans to fly again
Dec 06, 2016 (Sputnik)
SpaceX is set to take off again on December 16, just three months after their Falcon 9 rocket violently exploded during a test run. The rocket will be carrying ...
Arianespace's Vega scores its eighth success in orbiting Gokturk-1 for Turkey
Dec 06, 2016 (ESA)
The Vega lightweight launcher continued its track record of success, lofting the Gokturk-1 Earth observation spacecraft from the Spaceport on a mission that add...
Russian authorities inspecting crashed spacecraft debris
Dec 05, 2016 (AFP)
Authorities in Russia's Siberian region of Tuva on Monday were examining several pieces of the Progress cargo spaceship found after it crashed last week having ...
ULA receives $269m contract modification for launch vehicle production
Dec 05, 2016 (UPI)
United Launch Alliance has received a $269 million contract modification to execute production services for the Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. Under the contrac...
Russia seeks answers on ISS cargo ship crash
Dec 02, 2016 (AFP)
Russian investigators on Friday were probing the crash shortly after launch of an unmanned spaceship taking cargo to the International Space Station, focusing o...
United Launch Alliance Launches Innovative RocketBuilder Website
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced its new website that enhances the way customers shop for launch services and sets a new standard for pricing transpar...
The Vega launcher is complete for next week's Arianespace mission with Gokturk-1
Dec 01, 2016 (ESA)
The eighth Vega lightweight launcher to be operated from the Spaceport in French Guiana has been fully assembled and "topped off" with the Gokturk-1 optical sat...
XCOR Partners With Immortal Data To Enhance And Commercialize Shipslog Data Acquisition System
Dec 01, 2016 (SPX)
XCOR Aerospace and Immortal Data Incorporated have entered into a licensing agreement having Immortal Data further developing and commercializing the ShipsLog s...
Airbus Safran Launchers Becomes a 74% Shareholder in Arianespace
Dec 01, 2016 (SPX)
Following the completion of all the necessary regulatory, consultation and approval procedures, Airbus Safran Launchers has now purchased the shares in Arianesp...
Soyuz-U Carrier Rocket Installed to Baikonur Launching Pad
Nov 30, 2016 (Sputnik)
A Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the Progress MS-04 space freighter has been installed to the launching pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia's Korolev Rocket and...
Russia to Launch Fewer Spacecraft in 2016 Than US, China for First Time
Nov 30, 2016 (Sputnik)
The United States and China are on course to surpass Russia in the number of space launches for the first time this year, Roscosmos said Tuesday. "This year we ...
Ariane 5's impressive 75 in-a-row launch record
Nov 22, 2016 (ESA)
Ariane 5 has marked a new chapter of operational service with its 75th launch success in a row, and Arianespace is celebrating the milestone - achieved this mon...
SLS propulsion system goes into Marshall stand ahead of big test series
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
NASA engineers installed a test version of a crucial piece of hardware for the Space Launch System rocket in a 65-foot-tall test stand Nov. 17 at the agency's M...
Star One D1 arrives for heavy-lift Ariane 5 in Dec with 2 SSL-built satellites
Nov 21, 2016 (ESA)
Arianespace's year-ending heavy-lift flight of 2016 from the Spaceport will orbit two passengers based on the SSL 1300 relay platform built by Space Systems Lor...
Predictive modeling for NASA's Entry, Descent, and Landing Missions
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
A spacecraft mission's entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phases are some of the most dangerous parts of the vehicle's journey into deep space and must be carefu...
Arianespace doubles its Galileo delivery capacity with Ariane 5
Nov 18, 2016 (ESA)
Ariane 5's first flight at the service of Galileo doubled Arianespace's ability to orbit satellites for the European navigation system, while also marking the h...
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