South Korean Space Failure

The link reports half the two-piece payload fairing did not separate from the second stage as it should have. The extra weight turned the effort into another sea-sat (maybe a land sat). The fairing issue sounds analogous to the Orbiting Carbon Observatory failure, which rode on an OSC provided Taurus XL.

Tanks For The Memories. Kenya Dig It?

Piracy has been joined by intelligence in the fee-for-service realm. Anyone, or any nation-state, with a credit card now has an excellent chance to buy top-notch overheads. Add analysis in the form of people paying attention and bam! you have intel.

Satellite, Writ Large

The 15,000-plus pound TerreStar satellite, about the size of a small school bus, is now on orbit. According to the satellite's manufacturer, Loral, over a million man-hours went into its creation. The satellite is designed to serve North America with "blended" terrestrial and space based communications and provide better service than either method alone.