NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:44 p.m., EDT, Thursday, July 14th, to launch the agency’s next investigation to monitor climate change to the International Space Station. The mission — NASA’s […]
Launch Facilities
UPDATE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 moves 46 Starlinks to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base
SpaceX, on Sunday, July 10th, launched a Falcon 9 with a payload of 46 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
NASA’s ready to launch SpaceX’s Dragon to ISS to research cells, soil, climate and weather systems
Other investigations include studying the aging of immune cells and the potential to reverse those effects during postflight recovery, a CubeSat that will monitor cloud top and ocean surface temperatures […]
SpaceX’s 53 Starlink satellites are on their way
SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 successfully launched 53 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the 13th flight for […]
Digantara successfully launches their space-based weather monitoring system
Digantara has successfully launched the world’s first, commercial, space-based space weather monitoring system, ROBI (ROBust Integrating proton fluence meter). The system launched into LEO on June 30, 2022, at 1800 […]
Rocket Lab’s two upcoming smallsat Launch Responsive Missions 10 days apart for National Reconnaissance Office
These twin missions will be a demonstration of responsive launch under NRO’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) contract for launching small satellite through a streamlined, commercial approach, and […]
UPDATE 6: Lunar Transfer Orbit achieved by Rocket Lab for the NASA CAPSTONE smallsat — 1st deep space mission success for the company
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has successfully deployed a pathfinding satellite for NASA, setting it on a course to the Moon. This deployment marks […]
UPDATE 3: Via an Atlas V 541 rocket, ULA advances the USSF-12 mission to GEO + Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar™ satellite
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket has accomplished the launch of the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). The USSF-12 features two […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 pushes the Thales Alenia Space-built SES-22 satellite up from Cape Canaveral SFS
The SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS) in Florida, United […]
Arianespace’s Flight VA257 successfully launches from Korou, French Guiana
Arianespace announced that on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 06:50 pm local time, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South […]