Satellite News

Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) said that it plans to launch its next Falcon 1 rocket in late September as previously scheduled.

Arianespace as signed a deal with the Russian space agency Roskosmos to acquire 10 new Soyuz rockets for launch from French Guiana.

Rocket: Soyuz M/Briz M; Payload: Nimiq 4; Date: 19 September 2008, 2148 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch vehicle carried the 5-ton satellite for 9 hours and 11 minutes, releasing it into geosynchronous transfer orbit.