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United Arab Emirates’ second communications satellite ready to launch
- Y1B, the second communications satellite for Yahsat, will be orbited by a Proton launcher from Baikonur on 24 April 2012
- Y1B will complete the UAE’s state-of-the-art satellite communications network for both commercial and governmental users
- Astrium and Thales Alenia space… Continue reading
Designing the interplanetary web
Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just some of the pioneering technologies that ESA is working on… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Delivers Two Commercial Communications Satellites For Upcoming Historic Launch
Lockheed Martin has delivered its 100th and 101stcommercial geostationary communications satellites in preparation for the first dual launch of satellites built by Lockheed Martin aboard an Ariane rocket.
JCSAT-13, built for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation of Japan,… Continue reading
4th Boeing-built WGS Satellite Accepted by US Air Force
Boeing announced today that the U.S. Air Force accepted control of the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on April 11, after the spacecraft passed several weeks of rigorous on-orbit tests.
WGS-4 was launched Jan. 19 from Cape… Continue reading
Astrium awarded European Space Agency (ESA) contract to continue development of the Ariane 5 ME
- Worth €112 million, this contract will enable the design of the Ariane 5 ME’s new sub-systems
- Ariane 5 ME will decrease by 20% costs per kilo carried, thanks to performance earnings of 20% for the same price as the A5… Continue reading
Boeing Successfully Completes Parachute Drop Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft
Boeing successfully completed a parachute drop test of the company’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft today at the Delmar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. CST-100 is part of the Boeing Commercial Crew Transportation System (CCTS), which will provide the… Continue reading
U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin Complete Final System Tests For Critical Missile Warning Satellite
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed a major milestone for the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The milestone, known as the Final Integrated System Test (FIST), verifies the spacecraft’s performance and functionality… Continue reading
Europe’s third cargo vehicle docks with the Space Station
ESA’s ATV Edoardo Amaldi has completed the first stage of its docking with the Russian Zvezda module of the International Space Station.
The docking occurred smoothly when ATV’s docking probe was captured by Zvezda’s docking cone at 00:31 CEST (… Continue reading
Soviet Weather Satellite to Fall to Earth
Meteor-1, the Soviet Union’s first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the web site of the U.S. Strategic Command said.
The Meteor satellite series was developed in… Continue reading
1st Boeing 702 Medium Power Satellite Sends Initial Signals from Space
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 26, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received the first on-orbit signals from Intelsat 22, the… Continue reading
European rocket blasts off with cargo craft to resupply ISS
An Ariane rocket blasted off Friday from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, lifting up a cargo craft toward the International Space Station (ISS).
The craft, Edoardo Amaldi, named after a 20th century Italian physicist, was launched at 0434 GMT,… Continue reading
ATV Edoardo Amaldi set for liftoff
ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, is ready for launch to the International Space Station. ESA’s formal Launch Readiness Review on Monday revealed no problems with the vessel. Launch is set for this Friday at 04:34 GMT (05:34 CET).… Continue reading