Satellite News

Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 1801 UTC today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s upcoming space exploration mission is now complete following the installation of its payload fairing over the dual passengers of Europe’s Herschel space telescope and the Planck observatory.

The GOES-O launch aboard a Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 is further delayed currently is scheduled for no earlier than 26 June.

NASA has again scrubbed the launch of TacSat-3 aboard a Minotaur I rocket from Wallops Flight Facility.

The metallic piece found in the village of Baranovka, Siberia, after the last Soyuz rocket launch is a part of the second stage of the vehicle, a member of the committee investigating the incident confirmed.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), scheduled for launch aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour in June 2009.

Telesat Holdings Inc. (Telesat) announced its unaudited financial results for the three month period ended 31 March 2009.

DISH Network Corporation and EchoStar Corporation reported financial results for the first quarter 2009.