SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos captured by […]
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Starlink smallsats Group 6-94 launches on Tuesday from the Cape
Another group of SpaceX smallsats were launched Tuesday, November 18th at 7:12 p.m. ET, to meet up with the Starlink constellation. SpaceX will be busy again on Thursday with two […]
UPDATE: ULA’s Atlas V rocket launches ViaSat-3 Flight 2 mission doubling the bandwidth of Viasat’s entire fleet + creating multi-orbit network
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (F2) mission for Viasat, Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, lifted off on Nov. 13 at […]
UPDATE: It’s a GO! as ULA progresses towards Thursday launch of ViaSat-3 F2 mission
Satnews received an announcement just hours ago that after the challenges of getting ViaSat-3 F2 mission aloft it looks like today’s the day. The last internal announcement was on November […]
UPDATE: ULA’s ViaSat-3 F2 mission ready to try again on Thursday after replacing valve
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the ViaSat-3 F2 mission for Viasat is now planned for no earlier than Thursday, November 13, 2025. To ensure compliance […]
UPDATE: Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn mission to carry EscaPADE to Mars due to extreme solar storms now on for Thursday
Blue Origin’s second flight of New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission with University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory […]
AST SpaceMobile comments on launch delays
Commercial launches are now delayed by at least six months from the original timeline. The company has a launch scheduled for a prototype satellite (BlueBird 6/FM1) in early December 2025, […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn to carry EscaPADE the first multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars on Wednesday
Blue Origin’s second flight of New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission with University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory […]
Starlink’s smallsat Group 6-87 breaks a record as it launches late on Monday from the Cape
A launch record was broken on Monday, November 10th at 10:21 p.m. ET, as the Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink mega-constellation from […]
Starlink Group 6-85 to launch 29 smallsats on Friday from the Cape
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink smallsats Group 6-85 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral […]