Space Cowboys (2000)

Space Cowboys (2000)

GENRE: Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Frank Corvin, "Hawk" Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and Tank Sullivan were hotdog members of Project DAEDALUS, the Air Force's test program for space travel. Their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious Ikon communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash into Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboys
http://imdb.com/title/tt0186566/