While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets—with rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, […]
Launch Manifest
ULA continues launch prep of Vulcan for U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command USSF-106 mission
The first U.S. national security launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket will be the United States Space Force (USSF)-106 mission. Liftoff will occur at an as-yet-to-be-determined launch […]
SES’s 9th + 10th O3b mPOWER satellites arrive at Cape Canaveral
SES‘s ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites have arrived at Cape Canaveral where they will be readied for launch by SpaceX this summer. Both satellites will join the eight O3b […]
Rocket Lab launches ‘Symphony In The Stars’ and achieves new record of two launches under 48 hours
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), provider of launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 68th Electron rocket to deploy a single satellite to […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 32nd flight + 12th human spaceflight
Blue Origin successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the New Shepard program on May 31st. The crew included: K-12 STEM teacher Aymette Medina Jorge, radiologist […]
SpaceX ‘one down of 13 Direct to Cell and three launches to go’ to round out the constellation including Starlink Group 9-11 smallsats on Wednesday
SpaceX will launch 20 Starlink smallsats to include 13 Direct to Cell from Vandenberg on Wednesday, November 13 at 8:21 PM – 12:21 AM PST (11:21 p.m. EST, 0421 UTC). […]
Blue Origin could cite ‘don’t mess with Texas’ as NS-27 finally launched from Corn Ranch
Today, Blue Origin’s 27th mission debuted the second human-rated vehicle for the New Shepard program, enabling expanded flight capacity to better meet growing customer demand. “We look forward to welcoming crew […]
Blue Origin to hopefully launch NS-27 Wednesday after two previous scrubs
Blue Origin is ready to launch the uncrewed NS-27 mission at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), 8:00 AM PDT on Wednesday, October 23, from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard’s crewed NS-25 mission targets a May 19th liftoff
Blue Origin has announced the the company’s seventh human flight, NS-25, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, May 19th. The launch window opens at […]
New Shepard’s 25th mission’s astronauts named
Blue Origin has revealed the six-person crew flying on its NS-25 mission — the crew includes: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schaller, Gopi Thotakura, and former U.S. […]