EU reaches agreement on Galileo funding
Posted: Sat, Nov 24 9:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)
European Union member nations reached an agreement late Friday to fund the Galileo satellite navigation system after resolving concerns by one major nation about the...

Astrium, Inmarsat sign deal for large communications satellite
Posted: Sat, Nov 24 8:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
Inmarsat formally awarded a contract to EADS Astrium on Friday for an experimental large communications satellite being developed as part of an ESA program. Inmarsat...

Russia planning new Far East spaceport
Posted: Thu, Nov 22 9:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
The Russian government is planning to develop a new spaceport in the nation's Far East region that could support human spaceflights by the end...

ISS astronauts outfit Harmony exterior
Posted: Wed, Nov 21 7:57 AM ET (1257 GMT)
Two members of the International Space Station took a seven-hour spacewalk outside the station Tuesday to continue outfitting the new Harmony module at its...

Satellite communications industry preserves C-band spectrum
Posted: Tue, Nov 20 8:11 AM ET (1311 GMT)
The satellite communications industry won a major victory at an international meeting this month when regulators elected to preserve a key spectrum band for satellite...

Proton launches communications satellite
Posted: Sun, Nov 18 9:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a European communications satellite early Sunday in the Proton's first commercial flight since a September launch failure. The Proton...

India tests upper stage engine
Posted: Sat, Nov 17 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
India has successfully qualified an indigenously-developed cryogenic engine for use on the upper stage of its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The engine, which...

NASA lifts EVA ban
Posted: Fri, Nov 16 6:14 AM ET (1114 GMT)
NASA ended a brief ban on spacewalks on Thursday after concluding its spacesuits did not suffer from a design flaw. The ban was put into...

Ariane 5 launches two satellites
Posted: Thu, Nov 15 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
After two technical delays, an Ariane 5 finally launched a pair of communications satellites for the British military and Brazil on Wednesday evening. The Ariane...

Harmony moved to new location on ISS
Posted: Thu, Nov 15 7:25 AM ET (1225 GMT)
The International Space Station crew moved the Harmony docking node to its permanent location on the station on Wednesday. During a nearly two-hour process...