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 […]
Launch Systems
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 […]
OneWeb signs Relativity Space to launch several Gen2 satellites via the 3D printed Terran R rocket
Relativity Space has signed a multi-year, multi-launch, Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with OneWeb. Under the agreement, Relativity will launch OneWeb’s LEO satellites on Terran R, the first fully reusable and […]
UPDATE 2: Virgin Orbit Heads Straight Up with Space Systems Comand’s STP-S28A + six DoD rideshare partners aboard LauncherOne
Space Systems Command and Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit National Systems, a US-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Orbit, successfully air-launched seven Department of Defense Research and Development satellites for the U.S. […]
Virgin Orbit’s launch window for the USSF’s STP-S28A + DoD payloads to ‘go’ on June 29th
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB)’s launch system is in place at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The dress rehearsals are complete and the company remains on track for their upcoming […]
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 […]
South Australian companies collaborate for the future of Australian space
Leading South Australian space companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announcing an exciting collaboration that will explore launching a rocket and a spacecraft with an interfaced electronic warfare […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 frees Globalstar’s FM15 spare satellite successfully from Earth to orbit
On Sunday, June 19, at 12:27 a.m., ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Globalstar FM15 satellite to LEO from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
SpaceX Shoots SARah 1 Swiftly Spaceward
SpaceX continues to attract industry, media and the public’s attention as the second of three scheduled launches successfully occurred on June 18 at 7:19 a.m., PT, 14:19 UTC, for a […]
SpaceX lifts 53 Starlinks to LEO from Kennedy Space Center via Falcon 9
On Friday, June 17, 2022, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites to LEO from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window was at 12:08 […]