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Arianespace to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites and CNES’s MicroCarb satellite on July 25 from French Guiana

July 16, 2025

On Friday July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time (02:03 a.m. UTC, 04:03 a.m. CEST, on July 26th, 2025), Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, […]

Filed Under: Airbus Defence and Space, Arianespace, CNES, CO3D (Airbus), Electric, Electric Propulsion, Europe's Spaceport, Launch Facilities, Launch Platform, Launch Preparations, Launch Services, Mapping, Microcarb (CNES), Satellites, Solar Electric Propulsion, Sun, Sun Synchronous (SSO), UK Space Agency, Vega C, Vega Launcher, Vega-C

Australia’s Gilmour Space explains why NO GO, and scrubs Wednesday’s maiden launch of Eris Test Flight1

July 15, 2025

LAUNCH SCRUBBED: NEXT WINDOW NET JULY 27 We’re standing down from this week’s launch window and aiming for our next opportunity starting July 27. ​Unfortunately, operational delays set us back […]

Filed Under: Australia, Bowen Orbital Spaceport, Eris Rocket (Gilmour Space), Gilmour Space Technologies, Launch Delay, Launch Facilities, Launch Preparations, Launch Projection

SES’s 9th + 10th O3b mPOWER satellites arrive at Cape Canaveral

July 6, 2025

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 […]

Filed Under: Cape Canaveral AFS, Launch Agreement, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Manifest, Launch Operations, Launch Platform, Launch Preparations, Launch Services, Launch Support, Launch Systems, SES, SES O3b mPOWER, SpaceX

Firefly Alpha is ready to launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) on Wednesday

March 24, 2025

Firefly Alpha from Firefly Aerospace will launch on March 26 from Space Launch Complex 2W at Vandenberg SFB at 6:37 – 8:17 am PDT, at a cost of $15 million. […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Earth Observation Systems, Firefly Aerospace, Imagery, Launch, Launch Preparations, Launcher, Lockheed Martin, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Multi-Launch Agreement, Payloads, Risk Management, Satellite Buses, Satellite Radar, Small Launcher 1 (SL1 - HyImpulse), Vandenberg SFB, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX’s eighth Starship flight test still on for today, so far

March 3, 2025

The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Monday, March 3. The 60-minute launch window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will […]

Filed Under: Avionics, Booster, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Preparations, Propulsion, Propulsion Systems, Reentry Missions, SpaceX, Starship, Starship (SpaceX), Supersonic, Test Launch, Upgrade

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsats from the Cape and lands in the Bahamas for the first time

February 18, 2025

On Tuesday, February 18 at 6:21 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Cape Canaveral SFS, Droneship, Falcon 9, Launch, Launch Preparations, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, Space Launch Complex 40, SpaceX, Starlink

SpaceX launches Starship’s sixth flight test including a banana as the payload

November 20, 2024

SpaceX successfully launched Starship from Texas to complete the sixth flight test as Elon Musk continues his mission of sending memes to the moon. His Starship rocket will blast off […]

Filed Under: Booster, Design, DIrector, Flight Design, Flight Test, Launch, Launch Platform, Launch Preparations, Launch Projection, Launch Providers, Launcher, Mission Payloads, Online Resources, Payloads, Precious Payload, Rocket Engine, Rocket Engine test, SpaceX, Starship, Starship (SpaceX), Thermal, Thermal Protection Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX ramps up for Integrated Flight Test 6 Tuesday

November 18, 2024

The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT. and be conducted at the SpaceX Starbase, […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Data Processing, DIrector, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Pad, Launch Preparations, Launcher, Reusable, Reusable Rocket, SpaceX, Starship (SpaceX), Suborbital, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX Starship to fly 25 launches in 2025

November 13, 2024

SpaceX’s giant 400 ft tall Starship will make a sixth test flight on November 19th, subject to the usual weather and last-minute technical checks. The fifth flight saw the ‘super […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Data Acquisition, Engines / Thrusters, Launch, Launch Development, Launch Preparations, Launch Projection, Launcher, Propellant, Propellant Systems, SpaceX, Starship, Starship (SpaceX), Thermal Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX plans Starship’s Sixth Flight Test as early as Monday, November 18

November 7, 2024

The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, November 18 following the not-too-distant Fifth Flight test conducted on September 10 A live webcast of […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Experiments, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Pad, Launch Preparations, Reentry Missions, Solid Rocket Boosters, SpaceX, Starship, Starship (SpaceX) Tagged With: Featured

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