The European launch provider Arianespace has received a launch order from the UK-based global mobile satellite communications operator, Inmarsat for the launch of its final Global Xpress satellite GX-5 also known as INMARSAT 5F-5. The launch of the 4000 kg high...
Less than three days after their previous mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, SpaceX have conducted another launch, this time from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The launch took place at 2253 GMT on 11 October, and utilised Launch Complex 39A pad....
At 2156 GMT on 29 September 2017, a delayed Ariane 5 ECA launch lifted off over the Kourou launch site in French Guiana. Aboard were the commercial communications satellites INTELSAT 37e and BSAT 4A. The 6,300 kg INTELSAT 37e is a High throughput satellite...
The Thailand-based start-up satellite communications and would-be space tourism firm, mu Space Corp, has announced at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2017), Adelaide, Australia, that it has booked a ride on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket for the...
International Launch Services (ILS) used its workhorse rocket, the Russian-built Proton M, to successfully launch the Amazonas 5 communications satellite in a commercial launch. The launch took place from the Pad 39 of the Baikonour Space Station at 1923 GMT on 11...
Having seen the Indian PSLV challenge to its currently held “most reliable” launcher crown fall away after that rocket’s recent fairing separation failure incident, Arianespace remains especially keen to make sure its Ariane 5 launch vehicle...
