SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 26th at 4:22 a.m. ET (9:22 UTC) for a Falcon 9 launch of 56 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space […]
Launch Facilities
UPDATE: Rocket Lab’s 1st Launch from Wallops is a success as the Electron launch vehicle pushes three HawkEye 360 smallsats to orbit
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched the company’s 33rd Electron rocket and first mission from Virginia after an earlier halt in the proceedings due to adverse weather […]
HawkEye 360 successfully launches the Cluster 6 satellites
HawkEye 360 Inc. has successfully deployed to orbit the company’s Cluster 6, next-generation satellites aboard the inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional […]
Space Systems Command sets new launch record for the U.S. Space Force
Space Systems Command (SSC) marked a key milestone for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) last week, setting a new record with two notable launch accomplishments — placing USSF-67 and GPS […]
Airbus finalizes JUICE — French Guiana the next stop for an Ariane 5 launch
ESA’s mission will study Jupiter’s three largest icy moons and the Jovian system’s magnetic fields The Airbus-built JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission) spacecraft will shortly leave Toulouse, France, for […]
UPDATE 2: The USSF’s GPS III SV06 makes its way to orbit courtesy of a SpaceX Falcon 9
SpaceX promptly uplifted the USSF, Lockheed Martin-built, GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS II SV-06) to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday, […]
Sweden celebrates mainland EU’s first orbital launch site in Kiruna — Spaceport Esrange — ready for satellite launches
After years of preparation and construction, mainland EU’s first orbital launch complex, Spaceport Esrange, was officially inaugurated today by the Swedish Head of State, King Carl XVI Gustaf; the President […]
UPDATE 1: SpaceX sends Northrop Grumman’s USSF-67 two satellite mission to orbit via a Falcon Heavy — Northrop Grumman comments
SpaceX has successfully launched the U.S. Space Force‘s USSF-67 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on January 15, 2023, with the liftoff of this National Security Space Launch […]
UPDATE 4: Virgin Orbit updates their “Start Me Up” mission anomaly
Preliminary analysis of data from Virgin Orbit‘s Start Me Up mission has begun to shed light on the outcome of the January 9th flight and the next steps that will […]
UPDATE 4: SpaceX changes date and time of the Starlink launch to January 15th from Vandenberg SFB — while SpaceX Falcon 9 propelled the OneWeb Launch 16 mission to orbit from Canaveral –
SpaceX has moved the date for their Falcon 9 launch of 51 Starlink satellites to LEO from January 14th and is now targeting Sunday, January 15th from Space Launch Complex […]