PARIS — The Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket, whose operations were moved from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2006 to a new site in Russia to avoid conflicts with authorities in Kazakhstan and ...

TOKYO — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will use a Ukrainian Dnepr rocket to launch a long-delayed experimental laser communications satellite this summer, according to documents ...

MCLEAN, Va., June 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) today announced it signed a contract with International Space Company (ISC) Kosmotras as a supplemental ...

Iridium Communications Inc. will use ISC Kosmotras as a “supplemental” launch services provider to backstop Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which has the prime contract to launch the ...

Launch of TerraSAR-X, the first civil 1-meter resolution radar imaging satellite to be commercially available, has been rescheduled to Oct. 31. The Dnepr launch had been set for June. In addition to ...

The cheapest launch for a moderate sized payload is the Dnepr rocket. It costs $10 million and can launch 4500 kg to LEO. $2222/kg. They are flying now and there are ...

The UK's Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Russian-Ukraine company ISC Kosmotras for the launch of five RapidEye geographic-information micro­satellites on a Dnepr ...

A European satellitebuilt to monitor trends in polar ice will be grounded for up to a week becauseof an issue with the steering system on its Dnepr launcher. The CryoSat 2 satellite was supposed ...

MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. The Russian government has allowed the Defense Ministry to use, on a contractual basis, military-oriented space systems, as well as involve the military to ensure the ...

"There will be no more test launches of the RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missiles under the Dnepr programme in 2015," said the source MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/. Russia’s Strategic Missile Force has ...