On Thursday, December 8 at 5:27 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched the OneWeb 1 mission to LEO from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was […]
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DLR selects seven customers for RFA´s inaugural flight
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have announced the winners of the microlauncher payload competition — according to the announcement, seven companies with a total payload […]
Arianespace Ariane 6 to launch Intelsat satellites
Arianespace has signed a contract with longtime customer Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads — IS-41 and IS-44 — using the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana […]
UPDATE 1: Ready for Falcon 9 push — NASA’s Lunar Flashlight smallsat now set for December 1st launch
When NASA’s Lunar Flashlight launches, the smallsat will start a three month journey, with mission navigators guiding the spacecraft far past the Moon. The smallsat will then be slowly pulled […]
Europe’s new weather satellite fueled + prepped for a December 13th launch
With liftoff now scheduled for December 13th., Europe’s first Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) satellite has been fueled — once in geostationary orbit, this new weather satellite will provide state-of-the […]
SubOrbital Express 3 mission carries 12 payloads to space from the Esrange Space Center
Following two-and-a-half years of preparation, on Wednesday, November 23rd, the SubOrbital Express 3 mission launched from Swedish Space Corporation‘s Esrange Space Center located above the Polar Circle in Northern Sweden. […]
Rocket Lab completes the final launch rehearsal prior to the 1st Electron mission from U.S. soil
With rocket and launch pad checkouts complete, Rocket Lab is ready for its first mission from U.S. soil at Launch Complex 2 in Virginia Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has completed […]
Ubotica + Open Cosmos agree to launch the CogniSat-6 smallsat
Ubotica Technologies™ and Open Cosmos have signed an agreement to deliver CogniSat-6, the first AI-centric cubesat mission to include autonomous capabilities. As part of the agreement, CogniSat-6 will carry the […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 shifts the Intelsat G-31 + G-32 satellites from Earth to their orbits
On Saturday, November 12, at 11:06 a.m., ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Intelsat G-31/G-32 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
UPDATE 1: ULA’s Atlas V launch vehicle lofts NOAA’s / NASA’s JPSS-2 satellite to orbit
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) […]