European Space Freighter Raises ISS Orbit
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – Engines of Europe’s ATV space freighter, currently docked with the International Space Station (ISS), were switched on Wednesday evening…
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Proba-V tracking aircraft in flight from orbit
ESA’s Proba-V has become the first satellite to pick up aircraft tracking signals, allowing aircraft across the globe to be followed in flight from space….
Russian Progress Freighter Resets Space Station Orbit
MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti) – The engines of a Russian Progress M-17M space freighter were fired on Friday to readjust the orbit of the…
Galileo IOV satellites 3 and 4 now fully deployed into orbit
The second pair of Galileo IOV (In-Orbit Validation) satellites, designed and developed by Astrium, are now fully deployed in orbit Astrium is the main industrial…
First SBIRS Satellite Exceeding Performance Expectations After One Year On Orbit
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 5, 2012 – The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, launched on May 7, 2011,…
Lockheed Martin and NASA Place Two Grail Spacecraft Into Orbit Around the Moon
DENVER, January 1st, 2012 — Both of NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were successfully inserted into orbit around the Earth’s moon. The…
Astrium successfully delivers Arabsat-5C satellite in orbit
The Arabsat-5C satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space has been handed over to ARABSAT as part of the in-orbit delivery contract Arabsat-5C is…
Chinese orbiter fails to enter orbit
China’s experimental satellite, which was launched by the Long March II-C rocket Thursday, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a rocket malfunction. The…
NASA Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA…
Discovery in Orbit
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:03:52 PM UTC+0100 Space shuttle Discovery has reached orbit and is on its way to the International Space Station. “Good to…
Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Exceeds 10 Years On-Orbit
Next-Generation GPS III Program Advancing Through Production Phase The seventh Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:…
Israel's "Ofeq 9" satellite was launched and successfully injected into orbit
“Today 06.22.2010 at 22:00 hrs, Israel’s “Ofeq 9” satellite was launched and successfully injected into orbit by means of a “Shavit” satellite launcher. In the…
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