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Cartosat-2B Will Be Launched Soon Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 08, 2010 
India will shortly launch Cartosat-2B, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, that will aid in infrastructure and urban planning, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan said on Thursday.
The launch was expected by March end or mid-April and the exact date would be finalised at the mission readiness review meeting on February 10, he told reporters here.
The s ... read moreArianespace Wins ESA Contract 
Rome, Italy (SPX) Feb 01, 2010Today in Rome, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Markus Bertschi, Launcher Programmes Department Head at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed a contract defining Arianespace's support services for the qualification campaign and combined testing of the Vega light launcher. The signing ceremony was attended by Italian leaders of the Vega project, including Francesco ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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SpaceX And Spacecom Sign Contract
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2010Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) of Ramat-Gan Israel, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, have signed an agreement for launch of a communication satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 as early as December 2012. Falcon 9 will insert the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), adding to Spacecom's existing satellite fleet. Israel Aer ... more Arianespace To Launch The First Ten Galileo Satellites 
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 27, 2010Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Rene Oosterlinck, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), has signed the launch contract for the first ten FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites in Europe's planned Galileo satellite positioning system at ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Center) in Noordwijk, ... more Activities At Esrange Space Center 2010 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Jan 21, 2010The year of 2010 will be full of interesting space missions at Esrange Space Center - Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) operational facility for rocket and balloon launches, testing of new aerospace vehicles as well as control and operations of satellites. ... more Launch Dates Announced For Second-Gen Constellation Satellites 
Milpitas CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2010Globalstar has announced that the first 90-day window to launch six Globalstar second-generation satellites will open on July 5, 2010. Globalstar plans to launch the new satellites during this time. The satellites will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan using the Soyuz launch vehicle. The human-rated Soyuz is used to ferry astronauts and cosmonauts to the International ... more |
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Arianespace Poised For 2010 Boost
Paris. France (SPX) Jan 06, 2010Arianespace is entering its 30th year of commercial activity with the business and operational tools to retain the company's industry leadership role - especially during challenging market conditions and amid strong competition among launch service providers. Speaking to international journalists at the annual New Year's press conference in Paris today, Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall s ... more Booz Allen Hamilton To Transform LA Spacelift Range 
McLean VA (SPX) Jan 05, 2010Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $38.4 million Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contract, which provides support to the Los Angeles-based Spacelift Range Group (LRRG), Launch and Range Systems Wing (LRSW), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). Under the contract, Booz Allen will provide required SE&I support to modernize the spacelift r ... more Apron Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America 
Las Cruces NM (SPX) Jan 04, 2010The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has selected a contractor to provide construction services for the flight apron at the Spaceport America site. After reviewing proposals from several contractors, the NMSA Board of Directors awarded construction of the apron to David Montoya Construction, Inc., of Alameda, NM. The $5.75 million apron project includes all the surfaces around the Ter ... more Shuttle-Derived Vehicle: Shuttle-Derived Disaster 
Honolulu - Apr 16, 2004The space community finally seems to be coming to terms with the fact that the President's new space initiative requires the development of some kind of heavy-lift booster, one much more capable than the existing Delta 4H and Atlas 5H vehicles. But the question remains: what kind of booster? A popular answer is: a Shuttle-Derived Vehicle (SDV), similar to the Shuttle-C and Shuttle-Z proposals of years gone by. ... more |
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