Satellite News

The Thor 5 (a.k.a. Thor II-R) telecommunications satellite, built by Orbital Science Corporation for Telenor of Norway, has arrived in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for its February launch atop a Proton.

NASA said it has selected 7 February as the target launch date for shuttle Atlantis’ STS-122 mission to the International Space Station and mid-March for the launch of Endeavour on STS-123.

NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Atlantis no earlier than 24 January.

The European Space Agency has published a list of events with ESA participation in 2008.

The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port, for the rescheduled Thuraya-3 mission.

The launch of a Dnepr rocket with the Thai remote sensing satellite THEOS [Thailand Earth Observation System] from Dombarovsky (a.k.a. Yasny) has been postponed indefinitely, reports Interfax news agency.

NASA has once again delayed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis that is to carry the European Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. No new launch date has been set.

The launch of Ekspress-AM33 aboard a Proton M has been scheduled for 28 January.