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Stay up to date with the latest Space updates from the global aerospace industryJapan's MIH to begin satellite launch services using H-IIB rockets
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed an agreement with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to begin satellite launch services using H-IIB...
ISS in danger of debris from old Russian satellite
The International Space Station (ISS) may have to be manoeuvred out of its path in order to avoid collision with two pieces of debris from an old Russian satellite and a fragment from an...
US weather satellite GOES-13 fails and replaced with a backup
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-13 (GOES-13), which monitors weather conditions in the eastern part of US, has been temporarily shutdown due to technical problems and...
Arianespace to launch ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10 on 28 September
European commercial launch services provider Arianespace is now set to launch two communication satellites, ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10, on 28 September from the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana...
SpaceX to launch first contracted cargo flight to ISS in October
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is set to launch its first NASA-contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on 7 October from Cape Canaveral Air Force...
NASA's Curiosity rover set to study first Martian rock
NASA's Curiosity rover will examine Martian rock for the first time tomorrow after landing on the red planet more than a month...
Arianespace postpones launch of two satellites over technical issue
European commercial launch services provider Arianespace has postponed launching two communication satellites GSAT-10 and ASTRA 2F from a spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana after it found...
European weather satellite MetOp-B launches into orbit
Europe's latest meteorological satellite MetOp-B has been launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...
Mars rover Curiosity to take its first major drive today
NASA's Curiosity rover will begin its first major drive across the Mars surface today and begin surveying rocks in order to understand if the planet was once...
Japan's HTV-3 cargo ship unberths from ISS
Japan's unmanned H-2 Transfer Vehicle 3 (HTV-3) cargo freighter unberthed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 12 September, marking the end of its seven-week...
SpaceX to launch three more SES satellites
Luxembourg-based commercial satellite operator SES has signed an agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to launch an additional three satellites on SpaceX's Falcon 9 or Falcon...
Lockheed Martin begins final assembly on NASA's MAVEN spacecraft
Lockheed Martin has started the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, which is scheduled for launch in November...
Orbital hands over HYLAS 2 operational control to Avanti
US satellite manufacturer Orbital has handed over the operational control of HYLAS 2 high-throughput broadband satellite to UK-based Avanti Communications, following the successful completion...
HISPASAT chooses Arianespace to launch two satellites
Spanish satellite fleet operator HISPASAT has selected European commercial launch services provider Arianespace to launch its two satellites, Amazonas 4A and HISPASAT AG1, in...
Meteorology satellite MetOp-B set to be launched into space
Europe's latest meteorology satellite MetOp-B will be launched into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome, an operational space launch facility in Kazakhstan, on 17...
NASA launches first RBSP dual-spacecraft mission
NASA has successfully launched its first dual-spacecraft mission radiation belt storm probes (RBSP) into orbit aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket from the Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral...
NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully completes maximum parachute test
NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully completed its latest round of parachute trials at the US Yuma Army Proving Ground in...
NASA plans android powered smartphone nanosatellite launches
NASA is planning to develop prototype smartphone-operated nanosatellites powered by Google's Android...
NASA’s CCiCap programme completes first milestone
NASA's commercial space partners, which include Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Sierra Nevada (SNC), have successfully completed their first milestone as part of the agency's...
Orbital selects Ruag GPS receivers for ICESat-2 mission
Orbital Sciences has selected Vienna based Ruag Space to deliver two space-hardened GPS receivers to be equipped on Nasa's ICESat-2 Earth observation...
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