News articles tagged with 'launch'
NASA prepares to launch next Earth-observing satellite mission
— 21 Jan 2011 20:14 | EnvironmentNASA's newest Earth-observing research mission is nearing launch. The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect…
GOES-O satellite reaches orbit and renamed GOES-14
— 10 Jul 2009 16:32 | EnvironmentOn 27 June the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space during a spectacular launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-O…
Herschel and Planck commissioning has begun
— 21 May 2009 11:26 | AstronomyAfter a perfect injection by the Ariane 5 launcher on 14 May, the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for Herschel and Planck has started to wind down, while commissioning…
Rocket carrying Herschel and Planck lifts off
— 14 May 2009 13:40 | AstronomyAt 13:12 GMT, at the beginning of a 55-minute launch window, the Herschel and Planck satellite pair lifted off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.…
Herschel and Planck flight dynamics: It really is rocket science
— 11 May 2009 18:36 | AstronomyImagine you are a flight dynamics specialist at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, on the afternoon of 14 May 2009…
September launch for ESA's water mission
— 27 Apr 2009 16:28 | EnvironmentFollowing confirmation from Eurockot Launch Services that they will launch ESA's SMOS mission on 9 September this year, the satellite has just been taken out of storage - providing…
New ISS module name honours Apollo 11 anniversary
— 15 Apr 2009 17:00 | AstronomyThe International Space Station (ISS) module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After more than a million online responses, the node will be called 'Tranquility'…
Lockheed Martin, University of Florida to develop and launch five miniature satellites
— 27 Mar 2009 13:25 | TechnologyLockheed Martin has partnered with the University of Florida to develop and launch five miniature satellites to test innovative new space solutions. Building on the corporation's 50-year…
Kepler rockets to space in search of Earth analogues
— 7 Mar 2009 10:48 | AstronomyAt 3:49 GMT today, 7 March, NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II. Kepler is…
ESA's water mission on track for launch
— 12 Feb 2009 12:00 | EnvironmentFollowing word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place between July and October this year, ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space…