Satellites
Ariane Inquiry Board Submits its Findings
Image credit: Arianespace According to a commission of inquiry, the failure of the new Ariane 5-ESCA rocket appears to have…
Titan II Lofts Coriolis Satellite
Image credit: USAF After five scrubbed launch attempts, a Titan II rocket finally roared up from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
Proton Launches Canadian Satellite
A Russian-built Proton M rocket launched a Canadian Nimiq2 rocket on Sunday evening. The rocket lifted off from the Baikonur…
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…