Although Blue Origin’s previous attempt on Monday to launch the unmanned New Shepard-27 was scrubbed the new tentative date is Friday, October 11, at 9:00 AM EDT (13:00 UTC) from […]
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UPDATE: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn no-go on Monday potential new launch date
A new date, Tuesday, September 10th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida that […]
Rocket Lab sets launch date for 2nd dedicated Kinéis mission to deploy IoT constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has set the launch window for the company’s 53rd Electron Launch — this mission will be the second of five dedicated launches for the […]
Equatorial Launch Australia announces a new Head of Business Development
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), owner and operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) in Australia, has announced Nina Patz as the company’s new Head of Business Development. Nina’s appointment adds to […]
UPDATE: SpaceX now is standing down and delays launch of Polaris Dawn’s first commercial space walk due to weather
Due to unfavorable weather forecasted in Dragon’s splashdown areas off the coast of Florida, SpaceX is standing down from Falcon 9’s launch opportunities of Polaris Dawn on Wednesday, August 28 […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink smallsats on Tuesday and first flight for first stage booster
On Tuesday, August 20 at 9:20 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink Group 10-5 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
SpaceX launches Maxar’s WorldView 3 & 4 Earth imaging satellites
On Thursday, August 15, a warm summer Florida morning at 9:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Maxar 2 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
Rocket Lab stands down from Synspective’s SAR July 30 launch due to weather
At first Rocket Lab’s hopeful launch date looked questionable as shown here in the X statement, then due to heavy rain at the New Zealand site the stand down was […]
Forrester’s Digest: SpaceX valued at $200 billion plus Arianespace loses Meteosat 3rd gen launch
SpaceX is contemplating another fundraising operation by selling shares in a tender offer that could value the closely held company at roughly $200 billion (€185.7bn), according to Bloomberg. SpaceX is […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard’s crewed NS-25 mission targets a May 19th liftoff
Blue Origin has announced the the company’s seventh human flight, NS-25, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, May 19th. The launch window opens at […]