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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, conducted a full mission duration firing of its new Merlin Vacuum engine, the company announced. That test, at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor,...

[Satellite News 02-25-09] AsiaSat has backed out of a launch contract with Sea Launch,  moving its AsiaSat-5 satellite because Sea Launch could not provide the customer with a desirable timeframe,...

A mobile gantry performed its initial rollout test at the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, Arianespace announced. The launch site and mobile gantry for the Arianespace Vega lightweight vehicle...

A Proton-M rocket with Breez-M accelerator launched the Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 satellites. The RSCC satellite mission control then took control of the satellites. At present RSCC via its terrestrial facilities...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) donated experimental payload space aboard an upcoming flight of the Dragon spacecraft to support the Heinlein Trust Microgravity Research Competition. The winner’s experimental payload will...

Arianespace captured 72 percent of orders booked last year, and half of all commercial launches to geostationary orbit, according to Arianespace chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, speaking to journalists....

[Satellite News 01-15-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) President Gwynne Shotwell will be taking over more of the day-to-day operations from company founder, CEO and CTO Elon Musk, Shotwell said...

Russia launched three Glonass-M navigational satellites on a Proton robotic rocket that soared on Christmas from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Itar-Tass reported. That brings the total number of Glonass...

Liftoff Seen Soon A Falcon 9 rocket has been fully integrated at Cape Canaveral, Fla., poised for a liftoff early this year, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, announced. The...

Lockheed Decides To Use Ariane 5 Rocket To Launch Satellite For Japanese Operators In Liftoff From South American Spaceport Arianespace announced it will provide lift capability to orbit several satellites...