A clear late afternoon in Florida and all is calm, despite the fact that just recently there was major destruction left after hurricane Helene tore through many states. The launch […]
Launch Management
SpaceX moves Starlink Group 9-9 smallsats launch to Wednesday
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, October 30 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 […]
SpaceX’s successful Sunday Starship launch — lucky 13, and on first try Mechazilla caught the booster
Starship’s fifth flight test lifted off on October 13, 2024, with our most ambitious test objectives yet as we work to demonstrate techniques fundamental to Starship and Super Heavy’s fully […]
Blue Origin moves New Shepard-27 launch to Thursday
Blue Origin will attempt another launch of their NS-27 uncrewed verification flight debuting Blue Origin’s second human-rated vehicle to meet growing customer demand on Thursday, October 10th, at 6:00 AM […]
Swedish Space Corporation will present their services at Silicon Valley Space Week
The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) helps Earth benefit from space — the company’s products and services enable successful space projects within Earth Observation (EO), telecommunications, security, meteorology, navigation and positioning, […]
SpaceX resolves mishap moves Starlink launch into OneWeb 20 slot postponing OneWeb
A batch of 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers, was scheduled to launch on Tuesday, October 8 […]
SpaceX postpones Monday’s OneWeb satellite constellation launch due to a booster mishap after Crew-9 launch — to resume after “we better understand root cause”
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to send up 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation from Vandenberg Space Force Base, originally planned for late Sunday night, has […]
China to launch ‘unknown payload(s)’ on Monday and Tuesday
On Monday, September 23 at 7:30 PM – 8:52 PM PDT China Rocket Co. Ltd. will launch unknown cargo on Smart Dragon 3 from Haiyang Spaceport which has witnessed the […]
SpaceX launches ESA’s Galileo L13 navigation satellite, Europe’s alternative to American and Russian GPS
On Tuesday, September 17 at 6:50 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the European Commission’s Galileo L13 mission to orbit from to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]
Kudos to SpaceX bringing ’em home safely as Polaris Dawn’s commercial astronauts return from successful mission
After nearly five days on orbit, Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew safely splashed down at 3:36 a.m. ET on Sunday, September 15 off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, […]