Satellites
Anik F2 Launched on Ariane 5
The world's largest commercial communications satellite, Telstar's Anik F2, was launched atop an Ariane 5G rocket today. The rocket lifted…
Sea Launch Investigation Begins
The Sea Launch team has begun looking into what caused a launch malfunction during last week's Telstar 18 mission, which…
Sea Launch Sends Telstar 18 Into Orbit
A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the Sea Launch platform today, carrying a Telstar 18 satellite into orbit. The rocket…
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…