Anomaly shuts down Telstar 4
Posted: Fri, Sep 19 5:28 PM ET (2128 GMT)
A power problem has shut down Loral's Telstar 4 communications satellite, the company announced Friday afternoon. Loral reported that the primary power bus on...

SpaceDev selected for SpaceShipOne engine
Posted: Fri, Sep 19 11:53 AM ET (1553 GMT)
Scaled Composites, developers of the SpaceShipOne (SS1) reusable suborbital spacecraft, announced Thursday that they had selected SpaceDev to provide the propulsion system for the vehicle....

China to join Galileo satellite navigation project
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 2:25 PM ET (1825 GMT)
China will play a role in Galileo, the European satellite navigation system designed to compete with GPS, Chinese and European officials said Thursday. The European...

Imaging constraints will reduce shuttle launch opportunities
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 2:12 PM ET (1812 GMT)
NASA shuttle managers said Wednesday that new requirements to photograph the orbiter and external tank during launch will sharply reduce the number of days they...

Galileo ready for final plunge
Posted: Thu, Sep 18 9:00 AM ET (1300 GMT)
NASA's Galileo spacecraft is ready to end its mission on Sunday with a plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere. The spacecraft, launched in 1989 and...

Shuttle return to flight delayed
Posted: Wed, Sep 17 1:27 PM ET (1727 GMT)
NASA officials said Tuesday that the shuttle would not return to flight in March as the agency has been planning, with a midsummer launch more...

Bush: space policy review in progress
Posted: Wed, Sep 17 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
President George Bush confirmed Tuesday that an interagency group is currently reviewing American space policy, but declined to provide any additional details about their work....

CSA head Garneau named university chancellor
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 9:46 PM ET (0146 GMT)
Canadian Space Agency president Marc Garneau has been selected to be the next chancellor of a Canadian university, a largely ceremonial post that will not...

Three bids for Inmarsat
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 9:33 PM ET (0133 GMT)
Three investment groups have submitted bids to acquire satellite communications company Inmarsat, according to recent reports. Communications Update reported last week that two investment groups,...

Manned Shenzhou launch expected by mid-October
Posted: Tue, Sep 16 5:56 PM ET (2156 GMT)
China is expected to launch its first manned spacecraft by the middle of next month, according to Chinese media reports. An article in Monday's...