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October 17, 2018

Breaking News

[ October 17, 2018 ] Air Force’s fourth AEHF communications satellite successfully launched from Florida Atlas 5
[ October 17, 2018 ] Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with AEHF 4 satellite Atlas 5
[ October 16, 2018 ] NASA astronaut unfazed by frightening launch abort Mission Reports
[ October 16, 2018 ] Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Atlas 5
[ October 16, 2018 ] Launch timeline for Atlas 5’s AEHF 4 mission Atlas 5

Communications restored with newly-launched Angolan satellite

December 29, 2017

The Russian manufacturer of Angola’s first communications satellite announced Friday that it has reestablished contact with the spacecraft after engineers stopped receiving signals shortly after its launch earlier this week.

Controllers lose contact with new Angolan communications satellite

December 26, 2017

A Ukrainian-built Zenit booster and a Russian-made Fregat upper stage launched with an Angolan communications satellite Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but engineers lost contact with the spacecraft soon after its deployment in orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.

Russia’s S7 Group to take over Sea Launch

October 3, 2016

The owners of a Russian airline hope to revive the Sea Launch program, a major player in the commercial launch business for a decade, after purchasing the company’s ships and ground infrastructure from Russian aerospace contractor RSC Energia.