EchoStar makes informal bid for Loral
Posted: Wed, Aug 20 1:48 PM ET (1748 GMT)
Satellite television company EchoStar has made an informal bid for the assets of satellite operator Loral, a move that could disrupt Intelsat’s plans to...

Boeing restarts work on ICO satellites
Posted: Wed, Aug 20 1:37 PM ET (1737 GMT)
Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) has restarted work on ten communications satellites for ICO Global, Space News reported online Tuesday. Dave Ryan, vice president and general...

Titan 4 launch delayed until September
Posted: Wed, Aug 20 11:03 AM ET (1503 GMT)
The US Air Force announced late Tuesday that the launch of a Titan 4B booster carrying a classified payload has been delayed until early September...

SIRTF launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 6:37 PM ET (2237 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday that the launch of the SIRTF space telescope would be delayed two delays because of a tracking ship problem. According to a...

Kosmos launches two military satellites
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 2:28 PM ET (1828 GMT)
A Kosmos rocket successfully launched two Russian military satellites on Tuesday, according to Russian media reports. The Kosmos-3M booster lifted off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome...

India announces lunar mission plans
Posted: Tue, Aug 19 2:19 PM ET (1819 GMT)
The prime minister of India announced plans late last week to develop that country's first unmanned mission to the Moon. Prime Minister Atal Behari...

Ariane 5 launch delayed again
Updated: Mon, Aug 18 1:04 PM ET (1704 GMT)
Originally Posted: Mon, Aug 18 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Arianespace announced Monday that the next Ariane 5 would be delayed several days, and possibly several weeks, to deal with a satellite issue, the second...

NASA IG affirms independence of CAIB
Posted: Sat, Aug 16 12:50 PM ET (1650 GMT)
NASA's Inspector General (IG) has concluded that the Columbia Accident Investigation Board is acting independently and without "undue influence" from NASA. In a letter...

Globalstar plans revised satellite constellation
Posted: Sat, Aug 16 12:01 PM ET (1601 GMT)
Satellite communications provider Globalstar announced this week will reconfigure its existing satellites in orbit into a new constellation in response to several satellite failures. In...

Report: Shenzhou 5 launch scheduled for October 10
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 10:28 AM ET (1428 GMT)
The first Chinese manned launch could take place on October 10, according to some Chinese reports. SpaceDaily reported Friday that at least one Chinese source...