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An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket will rise Saturday, Dec. 20, from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America, to orbit two satellites, Arianespace announced. That Ariane 5 will […]

A Proton Breeze M rocket rose from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to orbit a Ciel 2 satellite, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. The bird was launched for the Ciel Satellite […]

The launch of an Ariane 5 rocket will be postponed, Arianespace announced. Originally set for Wednesday, the launch has been rescheduled for Dec. 20. The delay was caused by unspecified […]

While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will […]

Sea Launch will perform five launch operations for Intelsat, the sea-going launch platform company announced. The firms signed a multiple launch services contract for five missions on the Sea Launch […]

An Ariane 5 heavy lifter will boost the Hot Bird 9 and W2M satellites to orbit for European operator Eutelsat, Arianespace announced. The two communications satellites will be launched from […]

[Satellite News 11-24-08] Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) Hawthorne, Calif. facility is a remodeled Boeing hangar where engines for the 747 aircraft were once manufactured. The only elements left from […]

NASA’s newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review, NASA announced. The engine passed the milestone at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. That J-2X […]

Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals […]

United Launch Alliance plans to lay off hundreds of workers next year, the Denver Business Journal reported. ULA is a joint venture of The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin […]

China used a Long March 311 rocket to launch a telecommunications satellite for Venezuela, the first time China made and launched a bird for a Latin American nation, Xinhua news […]

Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space have entered a deal for launching the pan-African communications satellite, Rascom-QAF 1R. It is scheduled for launch into geostationary transfer orbit in 2010. It will […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] A jury awarded ICO Global Communications at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International […]

[Satellite News 10-20-08] CEOs from the satellite industry’s largest companies remain largely optimistic about their prospects despite the current worldwide economic crisis.     “The good news is, nobody blames the […]

[Satellite News 10-15-08] The discussion between financial analysts and satellite executives at the ISIS Satellite Investment Symposium was dominated by talk of the recent financial crisis on Wall Street.     […]

[Satellite News 10-09-08] The spiralling cost of launch services remains a major concern for fixed satellite services (FSS) operators around the globe.     “I believe satellites and launchers are too […]

[Satellite News 09-29-08] After six years and three failed attempts, Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) launched the first privately funded, liquid-fuelled rocket into orbit Sept. 28, the company said.     […]

[Satellite News 09-22-08] Arianespace’s recent order for ten Soyuz launch vehicles from the Russian space agency, Roskosmos, represents an investment in increased launch capacity and scale according to the Arianespace […]

[Satellite News – 09-0908] CEOs of the globe’s largest commercial satellite operators says that despite the overall credit crunch, there are expecting good revenue growth over the next few years. […]

[Satellite Today 08-08-08] U.S. Air Force Space Command plans to sell Space Launch Complex (SLC) 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to the state of Florida, the organizations […]

The importance of the launch sector to the growth of the global satellite communications industry was highlighted in 2007, as two of the three major providers suffered failures, forcing some […]

America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small […]

[Satellite News – 06-02-08] Rival CEOs of launch service providers have not been surprised by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center’s swoop for a majority interest in International Launch […]

[Satellite News – 5-20-08] Khrunichev Space Center and International Launch Services (ILS) have initiated a quality initiative for Khrunichev and its subcontractors, the two organizations announced April 24.     Khrunichev […]

[Satellite News – 4-15-08] SES has confirmed the worst-case scenario for the AMC-14 satellite, declaring the spacecraft a total loss April 11. The loss is a blow to SES, but […]

[Satellite News – 3-26-08] After being grounded for more than a year, Sea Launch looks to have recovered from its January 2007 launch failure, and “regained our stride” with the […]

[Satellite News – 3-25-08] The impact of the Proton launch failure continued to resonate through the satellite industry, with EchoStar insisting that the uncertain fate of the AMC-14 satellite will […]

[Satellite News – 3-20-08] Boeing Launch Services could take up the slack if Russia’s Proton rocket is grounded for an extended period following the March 15 failure of a mission […]