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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
May 15, 1987: The Soviet Skif-DM launches from Baikonur. (www.buran-energia.com) From Air And Smithsonian: It sounds like something from a James Bond movie: a massive satellite, the largest ever launched, equipped with a powerful laser to take out the American anti-missile shield in advance of a Soviet first strike. It was real, though—or at least the plan was. In fact, when Soviet President...
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
A Zenit carrier rocket is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Sunday to deliver a U.S. telecommunications satellite into orbit, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
A U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan ahead of a December 29 launch, Russia's Khrunichev center said on Friday.
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
RIA Novosti - Kazakhstan moved to play down a spat with Russia over a delay in a rocket launch from the Russian-leased space center in the Central Asian republic earlier this week, saying it was a result of a misunderstanding.Russia's launch of a European communications satellite on a Proton rocket from Baikonur was delayed from Monday until late Tuesday, which sparked a bitter exchange of
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Kazakhstan moved to play down a spat with Russia over a delay in a rocket launch from the Russian-leased space center in the Central Asian republic earlier this week, saying it was a result of a misunderstanding.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the W7 satellite to orbit for Eutelsat Communications of France on an ILS Proton. The Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:19 p.m. local time (9:19 a.m. EST, 3:19 p.m. in Paris, 14:19 GMT). After a 9 hour 12 minute mission, the Breeze M successfully released [...]
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Kazakhstan moved to play down a spat with Russia over a delay in a rocket launch from the Russian-leased space center in the Central Asian republic earlier this week, saying it was a result of a misunderstanding.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a European Eutelsat W-7 satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan Tuesday, a Khrunichev Aerospace Center spokesman said. The carrier rocket blasted off at 05:19 p.m. Moscow time (1419 GMT), spokesman Alexander Bobrenev was quoted as saying by Itar-Tass news agency. Approximately nine hours and 12 minutes later, the W-7 telecommunications...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan - International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial space industry, successfully carried the W7 satellite to orbit for Eutelsat Communications of France on an ILS Proton. The Proton vehicle lifted of
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial space industry, successfully carried the W7 satellite to orbit for Eutelsat Communications of France on an ILS Proton. The Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:19 p.m. local time (9:19 a.m. EST, 3:19 p.m. in Paris, 14:19...
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LYRA and KAG (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
NASA TV to Broadcast Space Station Crew Soyuz Landing Events HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the events surrounding the landing of three International Space Station crew members who will return to Earth Dec. 1. The space travelers have lived and worked aboard the space station for the past six months. NASA TV coverage will include the broadcast of farewells aboard the orbiting laboratory, hatch...
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Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
(Sea Launch) – Preparations are moving forward at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan for the fourth Land Launch mission, the first of a satellite for Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services. Liftoff on November 29 is planned at 1:00 pm PT (21:00 GMT), for the Intelsat 15 satellite, at the [...]
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A Proton-M carrier rocket with the European Eutelsat W7 satellite will be launched on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.
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Space Ref (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
ESA's CryoSat ice mission has completed its Flight Acceptance Review, confirming that all the mission components are ready for launch, which is planned for 25 February 2010 from Baikonur.
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Space Spin (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
ESA's ice mission CryoSat has completed its Flight Acceptance Review, confirming that all the components that make up the mission are ready for launch, which is planned for 25 February 2010 from Baikonur. This formal review is the major part of the process of ensuring that all of the parts of the mission are in place. It is focussed on the readiness of the satellite and the preparation of the launch...
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