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[Via Satellite 08-20-13] International Launch Services (ILS) has appointed Kirk Pysher as vice president of mission assurance and product development. Pysher will be in charge of bolstering ILS’ focus on […]

[Via Satellite 08-19-13] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has cancelled the launch of the GSAT 14 advanced communication satellite after a leak was detected in the UH25 fuel system of the […]

The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its review on August 13.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) won a two-flight contract to launch Germany’s second-generation radar reconnaissance satellite system.

A summary of the findings on the root cause and corrective action plan following the failure of the July 2 Proton M Block DM mission, which carried three GLONASS navigational satellites for the Russian Federal Government, has been released to International Launch Services (ILS) upon being cleared by Russian security.

Turkey has approved construction of its first satellite-launching center to accommodate country’s growing satellite programs.

SpaceX has been awarded a launch reservation contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to support the largest space program to date in Canada.

This column has previously reported on the in-flux state of the launch service provider sector of the space industry (see “Dollars and Sense,” April 2013), and has covered the progress […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced the selection of RUAG Space AG of Zurich, Switzerland as its strategic partner for Dual Launch Capability development

SpaceX has been awarded a contract with Thales Alenia Space to launch Turkmenistan NSSC, Turkmenistan’s first satellite. The satellite is scheduled to launch within the next two years on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The launch of O3b Network’s first four satellites aboard an Arianespace Soyuz rocket has been postponed by 24 hours, according to the launch company.

Sea Launch and Eutelsat announced the finalization of an agreement to launch the Eutelsat 3B spacecraft in April 2014

Arianespace has signed a more comprehensive MOU with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as the two companies look to increase their work together

Thales Alenia Space has announced the successful liftoff of the European Space Agency’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named after famous scientist Albert Einstein.

An ILS Proton launch vehicle successfully placed the EUTELSAT 3D Satellite into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), for Eutelsat Communications.

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-13] International Launch Services (ILS) and EchoStar Satellite Services have signed a new launch deal. The agreement is a boost for ILS as it seeks to maintain a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-13] Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center (GSC) on Monday, May 6 at 11:06 p.m. local time. With this launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-13] The SES-6 satellite, designed and manufactured by Astrium for SES, has begun its journey to space. The spacecraft left the Astrium’s facility in Toulouse, France, after completion of […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-13] Astrium has announced it plans to launch Vietnam’s first Earth Observation Satellite on May 3. VNREDSat-1 will lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou aboard […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Orbital Sciences had an encouraging first quarter with net profits reaching $19.6 million, an increase of $6.6 million. However, revenues for the quarter were slightly down at […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-13] Arianespace has appointed Stéphane Israël as its new chairman and CEO, the company announced April 18. Israël replaces Jean-Yves Le Gall, who is the new president of […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully delivered Telesat’s Anik G1 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton launch vehicle.

Arianespace has announced it generated revenues of 1.33 billion euros ($1.74 billion) in 2012, one the highlights of the company’s latest set of annual results.

International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched the Satmex 8 satellite for Mexican satellite operator, Satmex. The ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle launched from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 01:07 today local time. It was the first successful launch for ILS this year.

[Satellite TODAY 03-20-13] It was a unusally friendly launch services panel at SATELLITE 2013, featuring a mostly new set of leaders from Arianespace, International Launch Services (ILS), Lockheed Martin Commercial […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-13] Satellite services provider Echostar has contracted Sea Launch to orbit a satellite on a Zenit-3SL vehicle from its Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform in 2015.     In a […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-13] European commercial launch provider Arianespace has signed a launch services contract with FSS operator Intelsat that will send three of its satellites into orbit through 2017. The […]

Tags: SpaceX,Spaceport, NASA, Grasshopper, Reusable rocket Publication: GizMag.com Publication Date: 03/10/2013 Click on the image to watch SpaceX’s Grasshopper reusable vertical takeoff and landing rocket take its highest flight to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-13] The Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced a $300 million deal with Arianespace to procure and launch two rockets carrying its satellites in 2015. NBN’s goal […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-13] SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket passed an important test on Friday, when it successfully carried the company’s unmanned Dragon capsule into orbit. But an anomaly on the capsule’s […]