The launch of the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 541 rocket, carrying the United States Space Force (USSF)-12 mission for Space Systems Command, has been delayed to no earlier than 6:00 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. PDT) on Friday, July 1, due to inclement weather. The mission is set to launch from Space Launch Complex-41 at […]
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 pushes the Thales Alenia Space-built SES-22 satellite up from Cape Canaveral SFS
The SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS) in Florida, United States, at 5:04 p.m., local time for SES. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the first of SES’s C-band satellites dedicated to freeing up the lower […]
UPDATE: Virgin Orbit National Systems scrubs the STP-S28A launch
Virgin Orbit National Systems has halted the launch of the Space Test Program (STP)-S28A launch due to noting that the LauncherOne‘s rocket propellant temperature was ‘slightly out of bounds.” The rocket is being unloaded and will be recycled for another launch attempt in the coming days. Space Systems Command is preparing to air-launch the STP-S28A […]
UPDATE 4: Rocket Lab looking good with their CAPSTONE launch + NASA reveals more about the agency’s mission to the moon
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE cubesat from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Pad B, located on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula on June 28th via an Electron rocket. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) cubesat will be the first spacecraft to test the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. […]
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 Straight Up mission, with a launch window opening on June 29th at 10:00 p.m., PDT. The launch will support the United States Space Force’ (USSF)s […]
Isar Aerospace + D-Orbit sign a launch services agreement
Isar Aerospace has entered into a firm, launch services agreement with space infrastructure company, D-Orbit. The company’s launch vehicle, Spectrum, which is developed for small and medium satellites and satellite constellations, will launch D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier as a primary customer to SSO from its launch site in Andøya, Norway, with a launch term starting […]
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 America), and successfully orbited two, geostationary, telecommunication satellites — MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24. “With this Ariane 5 mission, Arianespace is honored to support the ambitions of […]
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 (EW) payload launched into space from a South Australian launch site. The signing of the MoU between Southern Launch, ATSpace Australia, Asension (formerly DEWC Systems), […]
South Korea becomes the 7th nation to develop a launch vehicle capable of lifting 1 ton+ payloads
A South Korean satellite has made two-way communication with its ground station, officials said Wednesday, confirming the success of the country’s first-ever, self-powered, satellite deployment project. South Korea successfully launched the 200-ton Nuri rocket from Naro Space Center in the country’s southern coastal village of Goheung — this was a major milestone in the country’s […]
Arianespace to launch MEASAT-3d + GSAT-24 satellites on June 22nd
Arianespace’s second launch of 2022 — the first Ariane 5 of the year — will place the MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24 satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GEO), with the launch occurring from Kourou, French Guiana. The launcher will be carrying a total payload of approximately 10,863 kg. MEASAT-3d is a multi-mission, telecommunications satellite built by Airbus […]