...ISS Construction Activity To Be Accelerated In The Near-term
The Zvezda is scheduled to join the other ISS components already in orbit on July 26. Computers will carry out the mating of the two modules, but should a miscalculation...
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Proton Launcher Lifts Central ISS Module Into Orbit;ISS Assembly Enters Aggressive Production Schedule
A Russian Proton K rocket lit up the morning sky July 12 as it finally roared into space at 10:56 local time (12:56 a.m. EDT) carrying the Russian service module...
Rotary Rocket Stands Down But Is Not Shutting Its Doors
Even though Rotary Rocket Co. is functioning without a permanent CEO and is still having difficulty raising capital, the reusable launch vehicle start-up is not throwing in the towel just...
X Prize Competitor Launches Two-stage Rocket In U.K.; Canadian Team Enters Race
The new race to space is steaming full speed ahead as competition grows within the X Prize family. Canada’s first entrant–The da Vinci Project–was approved July 17. Bran Feeney, the...
Ball Gets Mirror Contract For Next-generation Space Telescope
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. won a $3.9 million contract from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Air Force to develop and test lightweight mirror segments for ultra-light...
MirCorp Teams With GPC International For Advertising Opportunities
Amsterdam-based MirCorp and GPC International have signed an agreement that opens the Russian space station for sponsorship and advertising opportunities. “This agreement is a historic step in space commercialization,” Andrew...
Exigent Nabs SBIRS-High Program Contract
Exigent International Inc. [XGNT] has been awarded a contract for software engineering services from Lockheed Martin Management Data Systems [LMT] in support of the U.S. Air Force’s Space-Based Infrared System...
Boeing On Track With EELV Mission Integration; First Launch Slated For 2002
The U.S. Air Force officially authorized production of the first EELV launch mission July 11, mobilizing The Boeing Co.’s [BA] Delta 4 officials into high gear. A Delta 4 Medium...
Comsat Gets $9 Million Contract For 90 Mbps Internet Service
Comsat Corp. [CQ] has won a three-year, $9 million contract to provide Internet access at 90 megabits per second – the equivalent of about 500 pages of text per second...
GlobeCast To Provide Internet Access To India From Europe*Star 1
GlobeCast, the worldwide broadcasting arm of France Telecom [FTE], plans to launch a broadband service providing Internet access to the Indian subcontinent from the Europe*Star 1 satellite later this year....