An independent inquiry board is being created to investigate the upper stage propulsion anomaly on Flight 142’s Ariane 5, and the group has been asked to submit its first findings […]
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Team Vandenberg successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile today at 7:40 p.m. in support of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment, formerly the National Missile Defense Program. “This […]
ESA assessing the situation to bring the Artemis satellite back into the right orbit
Ground controllers are evaluating possibilities to recover the mission of the Artemis telecommunications satellite, one of two spacecraft launched by a European Ariane 5 vehicle on Thursday, 12 July 2001 […]
Rohini Satellite Completes Mission
The Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2), launched by ISRO on May 4, 1994 on board its Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV-D4) from Sriharikota, re-entered the atmosphere this morning (July 12, […]
The Rocket Range on Wheels … NASA Wallops Answers the Call
Most rocket launches are conducted at established launch facilities that are fully equipped with radars, control facilities and other support equipment. But what do you do if the range is […]
Ariane Launch of Orbital-built BSAT-2B Geostationary Satellite Does Not Achieve Intended Orbit
Reliable Communications Established with Satellite; All Spacecraft Subsystems Operating Properly Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the Ariane 5 rocket that launched the company-built BSAT-2b geostationary communications satellite […]
NASA Scientist Featured Saturday at the Tech Museum
NOTE TO EDITORS: News media and the public are invited to a talk tomorrow at 2 p.m. at The Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 S. Market Street, San Jose. The […]
Orbital ships orbview-4 high resolution imaging satellite to launch site
Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that is has shipped the OrbView-4 high-resolution imaging satellite, which it developed and produced for its Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE) affiliate, from its […]
“The Dish” tests Einstein’s warped space
In the most precise astrophysics experiment ever made, Australian and U.S. astronomers have used CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope to measure the distortion of space-time near a star 450 light-years (more […]
AIP FYI #88: First Indications of House VA/HUD Funding for NASA
House VA/HUD appropriators marked up their FY 2002 funding bill on July 10. Although the complete bill text and report language are not yet available, some unofficial information has been […]