Spire Global has committed to the purchase of multiple launches from Virgin Orbit, starting in 2023 — these launches will support Spire’s growing Space Services business as well as upgrades […]
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With the manifest complete, Virgin Orbit’s flight hardware is heading to Spaceport Cornwall for the 1st orbital launch from U.K. soil
The countdown to Cornwall has begun as Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) readies for Start Me Up, the newly-titled, forthcoming, historic launch from the United Kingdom. The launch provider’s carrier aircraft, […]
UPDATE 3: SpaceX’s Success as Intelsat’s G-33/G-34 mission launches
UPDATE 3 On Saturday, October 8 at 7:05 p.m. ET, SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 launched the Intelsat G-33/G-34 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab rockets the GAzelle smallsat to orbit via Electron + breaks their annual launch record + GA-EMS’ comments on the successful launch
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. broke their annual launch record with the launch of “It Argos Up From Here,” a dedicated launch for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS). The mission was […]
Update 5: Same day successes as SpaceX’s Crew-5 soar to ISS, just seven hours later 52 Starlinks launch
UPDATE 5 POSTING — 2 LAUNCHES SAME DAY On Wednesday, October 5 at 12:00 p.m. ET, 16:00 UTC, Falcon 9 launched Dragon’s fifth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-5) to the […]
Virgin Orbit’s next rocket ready for a Cornwall, UK, launch
Virgin Orbit has completed a full launch rehearsal and is now ready for the company’s next launch which is planned to be the first orbital space launch from the U.K. […]
SES’ second and third C-Band satellites successfully launch on ULA rocket
SES announced that the SES-20 and SES-21 satellites were successfully launched into space by the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, […]
Oman’s first satellite integrated into LauncherOne rocket, prepared for orbit
On Tuesday, 4th October, the first Omani satellite, Aman, was successfully prepared for its launch into the Low Earth Orbit, at Newquay, Cornwall, in the UK. Integrated into a launch […]
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads
Firefly Aerospace, a provider of launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, lifting off on October 1 at 12:01am […]
UPDATE 4: At last — it’s a liftoff for ULA’s SES-20 and SES-21
Update 4 posting… The weather in Florida finally cooperated after United Launch Alliance’s previous delays from hurricane Ian. As a result Atlas V launched on schedule at 5:36 pm EDT […]