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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

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.

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.

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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-22-13] The Vietnamese Government has approved a plan to launch its first remote sensing satellite VNREDSat-1A on Arianespace’s Vega rocket from the European Guiana Space Center in South […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-13] Just 24 hours after it successfully launched and orbited six new satellites for Globalstar on its Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Arianespace successfully carried […]

Arianespace and its Russian Starsem affiliate have successfully launched and orbited six new satellites for Globalstar on its Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] Sea Launch failed to loft an Intelsat satellite into orbit early Friday morning after its Zenit 3SL rocket and Ukrainian-built booster experienced an anomaly approximately 40 seconds […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-30-13] SpaceX and Spacecom have reached an agreement to launch Spacecom’s Amos-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Falcon 9 will insert the communications satellite into a […]

Azerspace/Africasat-1 Image credit: Orbital [Satellite TODAY 01-23-13] Azerbaijan’s first telecommunications satellite, Azerspace/Africasat-1, is undergoing pre-start test in French Guiana. Arianespace has stated that the satellite is already in the preparatory […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-13] Commercial launch service provider Arianespace had an exceptionally busy year in 2012 with 10 successful launches, but will attempt to top that performance in 2013, utilizing its […]