The Indian launcher Polar Space Launch Vehicle took off at 8:22 a.m. - Swiss time. Twenty minutes later, the SwissCube was ejected from the nose cone of the rocket at an altitude of around 720 kilometers. At 9:37 a.m. the first ever signals sent from a Swiss satellite in space were picked up from Stanford (California). Mission accomplished.

There's disappointment at NASA after its Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to launch properly.

Besides the International Space Station (ISS) and satellites, there are thousands of objects orbiting the earth, so you had to expect some sort of devastating collision sometime. Perhaps not between two satellites, though: an Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite.

The Delta II 7920-H, or "Heavy," rocket that will launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

China will resort to satellite remote sensing technologies to monitor land use and protect the legitimate rights of farmers, an official said in Beijing on Friday.

A senior U.S. military official says the United States is unlikely to make an attempt to shoot down a falling U.S. spy satellite Wednesday.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) announced it has been selected by Mexico’s Grupo Elektra to provide a SkyEdge satellite hub station and 1,964 VSATs for use in several Latin American countries including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, Panama and Argentina.