Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that RADARSAT-2 information will be used by the Government of Russia to enhance their ability to provide critical information to support disaster...
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
JAXA had been trying to communicate with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite “DAICHI” (ALOS) for about three weeks after its power generation anomaly on April 22, but we decided to complete its operations by sending a command...
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Iran plans to launch its domestically-manufactured Fajr (victory) satellite during the first half of the Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), Asghar Ibrahimi, director of SAIRAN Aerospace Industry, announced on Tuesday. Speaking in a seminar on...
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Recently India launched the Resourcesat-2 satellite, a satellite designed to provide detailed information about the earth's resources and surface - a 'global workhorse' as R.R. Navalgund, Director, Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad said. Meanwhile, this week has...
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
EMS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG) a leading provider of aero connectivity and mobile resource management solutions today announced the initiation of a new satellite communications study for The Commonwealth of Australia. The study will assess the feasibility...
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
The final countdown before its maiden flight later this year has begun for Soyuz with a simulated launch campaign at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This dry run ensures that the Soyuz and the new facilities work together...
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Russian-Indian satellite launched last week to study solar energy is functioning normally. The scientific satellite YouthSat, with a lift-off mass of 92 kg., was launched into orbit on 20 April by an Indian polar satellite launch...
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
A Rokot light-class carrier rocket carrying with the Geo-IK-2 satellite blasted off February 1 from Russia's Plesetsk launching site, but placed the satellite in an incorrect orbit. After the launch, the Defense Ministry announced it had lost...
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
During an on-line conference, the KazCosmos chairman, Talgat Mussabayev announced that the launch of the KazSat-2 satellite is scheduled for June 10, 2011. The previous launch date was March 30th, but the spacecraft was found to be...
Monday, April 18th, 2011
The stage has been set for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) from the first launch pad at Sriharikota on April 20 at 10.12 a.m. The PSLV-C16 will put in orbit three satellites —...
