A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) […]
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The Northrop Grumman ISS Resupply Mission launches + carries NASA science and cargo for ISS
The Northrop Grumman ISS Resupply Mission launches and carries NASA science and cargo for the space station A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launched on […]
Rocket Lab launches the Swedish MATS satellite from New Zealand aboard an Electron rocket
Rocket Lab USA Inc. has successfully launched its 32nd Electron mission to deploy the firm’s 152nd satellite to orbit, a science payload for the Swedish National Space Agency. The MATS […]
The EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13G satellite is taken to orbit via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
On Wednesday, November 2, SpaceX successfully launched the Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G satellite to geosynchronous orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
SSC’s USSF-44 payload aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy is successfully launched to orbit
Space Systems Command‘s U.S. Space Force (USSF)-44 integrated payload, which contains the Long Duration Propulsive EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle) Secondary Payload Adapter (LDPE)-2 space vehicle, have been successfully launched […]
South Australian mission prepares to rocket off to space with tech payloads
Four, South Australian companies are putting the final touches on the VS03 mission that will launch a rocket and state-of-the-art payloads to space from South Australia before the end of […]
A ‘No Go’ for ULA’s JPSS-2 launch
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 civilian, polar-orbiting, weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]
USSF + SSC to launch multiple payloads on 1st National Security Space Launch mission aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket
The U.S. Space Force‘s upcoming launch marks a significant achievement for its commercial and government mission partners — the USSF-44 mission combines innovations for the launch and space vehicles, making […]
UPDATE 1: SpaceX dispatches 53 Starlinks from Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX successfully lifted off from Vandenberg SFB with 53 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 launch vehicle en route to their orbital slots. This 49th launch of 2022 added these […]
SSC scheduled to launch diabetes research in space experiment
How can humankind benefit from space research? Well, the applications are almost unlimited. One example, an experiment onboard SSC‘s SubOrbital Express-3 rocket, aims to provide answers to the questions around […]