Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications has signed launch agreements with Sea Launch for two launch opportunities as part of its ongoing satellite deployment programme for which launches are scheduled from the middle of 2008.

NASA has cancelled its decision to roll the Space Shuttle Atlantis off its launch pad and back inside the protection of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center.

Space shuttle Atlantis could launch on 6 or 7 September, or even one day later as NASA and the Russian Space Agency have agreed on a possible one-day delay for the next Soyuz flight to the ISS.

The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station is being postponed because of Tropical Storm Ernesto. A new launch date has not been set.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) Space Command have issued new common federal launch safety standards designed to create consistent, integrated space launch rules for the U.S.

The Kennedy Space Center returned to normal operations today with the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto late Wednesday.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Force Space Command today were to announce new safety standards for unmanned commercial rocket launches.

Rocket: Zenit 3SL/Block DM-SL; Payload: Koreasat 5 (Mugunghwa 5); Date: 22 August 2006, 0327 UTC; Launch Site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West Longitude in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket delivered the hybrid military and civilian communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).