Satellite News

Col-Gen Vladimir Popovkin, Russian Space Forces commander, said that no further orders will be placed for rockets that burn toxic fuel. The date for the first flight of an Angara — the vehicle family that in the end is to replace almost every Russian launcher — has meanwhile further slipped.

An attempt to recover the two solid boosters of the Ariane 5 ECA launched on 14 August from the Atlantic Ocean was partially successful.

NASA has awarded a contract modification valued at US$681 million to ATK Launch Systems for continued delivery of space shuttle reusable solid rocket motors.

NASA has selected Boeing as the contractor to provide manufacturing support for design and construction of the upper stage of the Ares I rocket.

Sea Launch’s newly manufactured gas deflector recently arrived at Home Port in Long Beach, California/USA.

NASA’s Stennis Space Center broke ground for a new rocket engine test stand that will provide altitude testing for the J-2X engine. The engine will power the upper stages of NASA’s Ares I and Ares V rockets.

The Cubesat community may have to look for a new launch vehicle as Kosmotras said it would use no longer offer its Dnepr rocket for putting very small satellites in orbit.

It’s announcement time again as the MAKS air show in Moscow is in full swing.