Satellite News

From the same people who made Chateau Picard Bordeaux comes Klingon Bloodwine and a new Federation Sauvignon Blanc.

The head of Russia’s space agency criticized NASA’s plans to return to the moon of being “too U.S.-centric.”

On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA’s old Galileo spacecraft flew by the moon Amalthea. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

On Nov. 4, 2015, the U.S. Air Force planned to launch an experimental rocket from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

The Atlas V rocket carrying the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been postponed by approx. 24 hours.

The first launch of the Soyuz-ST-A rocket from the Kourou spaceport this year is scheduled for 28 November, the Progress Rocket and Space Center announced. The Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M is to loft the FalconEye 2 satellite.

ESA has signed the first three contracts with European economic operators arising from its permanently open call for proposals for commercial space transportation services.

Airbus has been awarded the lead in the European Space Agency (ESA) contract for the TRUTHS A/B1 (System feasibility Studies and Pre-Developments) as part of ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch programme.