EUMETSAT has joined the signatories of the “joint statement on the institutional exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega C” in favor of a European preference for launchers on institutional missions […]
Launch Vehicle
Success for Soyuz Flight VS24 and United Arab Emirates
Lifting off at the precise moment set for this launch at 10:33 p.m. (local time in French Guiana), Soyuz deployed its 1,340-kg. passenger into Sun-synchronous orbit. Arianespace orbited the United […]
Virgin Orbit’s Countdown to Launch Demo 2
Virgin Orbit has some new information that they shared in their blog … Since our first Launch Demo back in May, we’ve been working hard every day to return to […]
UPDATE: Mission Failure Arianespace’s Vega VV17 — SEOSAT-Ingenio / TARANIS: Lost
Thankfully, news of this sort, regarding a mission failure, is a rarity and unfortunate in many ways. Vega launched and appeared to be flying smoothly, but after eight minutes, issues […]
Integrated For Launch Vega’s Payload Will Achieve A First Looking At Earth And Atmosphere Above Thunderstorms
Arianespace‘s upcoming launch of the Vega flight celebrates a first; The two passengers on Arianespace’s upcoming Vega flight — will focus on the Earth and its dynamic atmosphere above thunderstorms […]
China’s New Carrier Rocket Drives IoT Smallsat To Orbit
The CERES-1, China’s latest launch vehicle that is designed for commercial use, completed a maiden flight on Saturday, November 7, and pushed a satellite into its planned SSO orbit at […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA ONE Launch Vehicle Gets A BOOST! From ESA
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) is the first company to sign a contract for Boost!, which is ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support program. RFA is receiving ESA support […]