NBN Co has contracted US company Space Systems / Loral to deliver two satellites designed to boost broadband service in rural Australia. The deal is worth AUD $620 million. It…
The ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R satellites have launched successfully aboard the Ariane 5. The launch took place in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 6th at 19:52 pm local time. The rocket…
The Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 Satellite reached orbit on 21st May 2011 after a launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M launch…
The Intelsat New Dawn Satellite has lifted off successfully from Kourou, French Guiana at 5:37 p.m (EDT) on 22nd April 2011. The Ariane 5 vehicle separated successfully at 6:12 p.m.…
ORBCOMM Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies have announced plans to carry the first two ORBCOMM next-generation OG2 satellites to orbit on the next Falcon 9 launch in 2011. Falcon 9…
Dr Robert Charles Parkinson MBE has worked for the Rocket Propulsion Establishment, Perme, British Aerospace, Matra Marconi and Astrium. He has had papers published in Spaceflight and JBIS. He also…
The Intelsat New Dawn Satellite is set to be launched from the Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana on 29th March 2011. Convergence Partners and Intelsat S.A. are paying…
ASRC Management Services has been awarded a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Technology Services II contract to provide engineering services to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract has…
The Gulf of Mexico will take another hit in its efforts to clean up the BP oil spill as Tropical Storm Bonnie develops over the next 48 hours. The National…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 (H-IIA F17) at 6:58:22 a.m. on 21st…