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[Via Satellite 03-23-2016] Orbital ATK completed the company’s second mission with United Launch Alliance (ULA) on March 22, launching its Cygnus spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 rocket. The company used...

[Via Satellite 03-22-2016] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for H2A launch services from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for launch...

[Via Satellite 03-18-2016] The European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed Daniel Neuenschwander as the agency’s director of launchers though a council meeting in Paris on March 16. Neuenschwander is currently head...

[Via Satellite 03-18-2016] Virgin Galactic’s Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft for its LauncherOne small satellite launch service, nicknamed “Cosmic Girl,” has arrived at L-3’s platform integration facilities for its next phase...

[Via Satellite 03-14-2016] A Russian Proton rocket launched March 14 carrying the joint Roscosmos State Corporation–European Space Agency (ESA) ExoMars 2016 mission. Rocket manufacturer Khrunichev reported a nominal separation of...

[Via Satellite 03-10-2016] The question of launch vehicle reusability reigned supreme during Wednesday’s SATELLITE 2016 Conference & Exhibition closing session “Global Launch Services — How the World Fell in Love...

[Via Satellite 03-08-2016] Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a series of successful hot-fire tests of its RL10 upper-stage rocket engine. The RL10 development engine, dubbed XR708, included a core main injector...

[Via Satellite 03-03-2016] Inmarsat has decided to launch the fourth Global Xpress satellite, originally procured from Boeing as a spare but with the potential to support an incremental business case,...

[Via Satellite 02-26-2016] The European Commission (EC) is accelerating the deployment of the Galileo space segment by adding a Soyuz launch in 2016. As the program manager for Galileo, Europe’s...

[Via Satellite 02-26-2016] SpaceX announced another delay for the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES 9 satellite on Thursday night. The launch, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, was held...