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In its 39th flight, the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully launched ISRO’s 714-kilogram Cartosat-2 satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.

Arianespace has successfully launched SKYBrasil-1 for AT&T/DirecTV, and Telkom 3S for Telkom Indonesia. This launch was the first of the year for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 heavy launcher and marked its 77th successful mission in a row...

Boeing and NanoRacks will partner to develop the first privately funded commercial airlock, enabling the United States to potentially triple the number of small satellites it can deploy from the […]

Iridium Communications has booked its eight Falcon 9 launch with SpaceX, which will be Iridium’s first rideshare deal. The agreement affords Iridium the ability to launch five additional Iridium Next […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced it is moving forward with plans to produce its newest advanced rocket engine, the AR1, in Huntsville, Alabama, resulting in the creation of 100 new jobs, according […]

Arianespace has successfully launched the Hispasat 36W-1 telecommunications satellite for Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat aboard a Soyuz rocket on Friday, January 27 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG). This […]

[Via Satellite 01-23-2017] United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geostationary (GEO) Flight 3 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […]

[Via Satellite 01-19-2016] Arianespace is readying for its year-opening launch of 2017. The company will orbit the Hispasat 36W-1 geostationary satellite for the Spanish operator Hispasat using a Soyuz launch […]

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[Via Satellite 01-11-2017] Rocket Crafters (RCI) Co-founder, President and Chief Technology Officer Ronald Jones has been granted a U.S. patent for a method of designing and fabricating fuel grains for […]

[Via Satellite 01-09-2016] Spanish reusable rocket technology start-up PLD Space has received financial and technological backing from technology business group GMV. Alongside $7 million in funding through an investment fund […]

[Via Satellite 01-06-2016] China successfully launched its second telecommunication technology test satellite on Jan. 5 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Xinhua, China’s sate-run news […]

[Via Satellite 01-05-2016] SpaceX is targeting return to flight from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) with the Iridium NEXT launch on January 8. Over the past four months, officials […]

[Via Satellite 01-05-2016] Following 11 successful launches in 2016, Arianespace reported on Jan. 4 that the launch company expects to maintain a sustained launch pace in 2017, with 12 planned […]

[Via Satellite 01-04-2016] SKY Perfect JSAT has struck a contract with Arianespace to launch the satellite company’s JCSAT-17 communications satellite. JCSAT 17 will be launched aboard Arianespace’s Ariane-5 launch vehicle […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2016] The launch of the EchoStar XXI satellite has been delayed, International Launch Services (ILS) confirmed Dec. 28. Khrunichev has informed ILS of the need to postpone the […]

[Via Satellite 12-22-2016] Arianespace successfully launched two Space Systems Lloral (SSL)-built satellites on the seventh flight of its Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle in 2016 — and the company’s 11th overall this year […]

[Via Satellite 12-22-2016] Millennium Space Systems has completed the development of and shipped its first Altair satellite, a pre-production pathfinder spacecraft designed to demonstrate advanced avionics, guidance and control, additive […]

[Via Satellite 12-20-2016] Vector Space Systems announced the successful test of its first stage 5,000lbf engine of the Vector R launch vehicle. The engine test, which took place in Mojave, […]

[Via Satellite 12-19-2016] A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying Hughes Network Systems’ EchoStar 19 satellite successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida on […]

[Via Satellite 12-13-2016] NASA has rescheduled the launch of its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) spacecraft for no earlier than Wednesday, Dec. 14, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

[Via Satellite 12-12-2016] Inmarsat has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch its S-band satellite for the European Aviation Network (EAN) on an Ariane 5 heavy lift launch vehicle. EAN […]

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[Via Satellite 11-30-2016] Generation Orbit Launch Services is making progress with its air launch system that aims to enable nanosatellite launches nearly as often as an aircraft flies. Generation Orbit […]

[Via Satellite 12-02-2016] Iridium Communications has announced the date for the first launch of its next-generation global satellite constellation, Iridium Next. Iridium will be launching on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket […]

[Via Satellite 11-28-2016] Orbital ATK has completed its sixth cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station for NASA the company announced on Nov. 28. Known as OA-5, the mission […]

[Via Satellite 11-23-2016] NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. NASA targets launch for April 2021 on a SpaceX […]

[Via Satellite 11-23-2016] China successfully launched its Tianlian I-04 satellite on Nov. 22, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to the country’s state-run news […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-2016] Vector Space Systems, a micro-satellite launch company currently trialing 12-foot prototypes of the company’s planned 42-foot launch vehicles, has received an additional $1.25 million in angel funding […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-2016] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) spacecraft, successfully took to the sky on Nov. 19, as the first satellite in […]