Spacecraft

GeoEye signs deal to provide imagery to Google (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

29 Aug 2008

GeoEye Inc on Thursday said it will provide imagery from its new $502 million high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to Google Earth and Google Maps after the spacecraft is launched on September 4.

Rapideye Constellation Ready For Launch Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Aug 28, 2008 (SpaceDaily)

29 Aug 2008

The 5-satellite RapidEye constellation is ready for launch from Baikonur on August 29, 2008. All five satellites have been integrated with the Dnepr launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in readiness for launch at 0715 UTC (0815 BST, 0915 CEST). An MDA/SSTL launch team arrived in Baikonur early July to conduct final tests and integration of the spacecraft with the Dnepr ...

Phoenix Lander Pictures Show Robotic Arm's Workspace After 90 Sols (PhysOrg)

29 Aug 2008

(PhysOrg.com) -- New pictures from NASA's Phoenix Lander show just what a busy summer the spacecraft on Mars - and its science team at The University of Arizona in Tucson - has been having.