Satellite News

Space shuttle Endeavour’s flight will be a marathon five-spacewalk mission to the fast-growing international space station, delivering a Japanese module and Canadian robot. Read our comprehensive preview of STS-123.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ES; Payload: Jules Verne ATV; Date: 9 March 2008, 0403 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The launcher put the Automated Transfer Vehicle successfully into its target orbit. Engineers are meanwhile assessing a problem with the ATV’s onboard propulsion electronics.