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, but 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 to Earth.
"Space Cowboys" — movie produced in USA and released in 2000. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.5 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 10min. "Space Cowboys" is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime and for rent and to buy on Apple TV, Amazon Store and Fandango at Home. Click on a playlink to watch it now!