Elon Musk’s SpaceX is scheduled to launch 52 of its Starlink craft into circular orbits today (December 17th). This is an unusual move from Musk’s team — this launch is […]
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Launch Agreement Signed By Swedish Space Corporation For SatRevolution’s STORK EO Smallsat
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Polish space company, SatRevolution, have signed an agreement to launch SatRevolution’s STORK Earth Observation (WO) satellite constellation into LEO from Esrange Space Center in […]
China Launches Tianlian-2-02 Satellite To Transmit Data From Space Station
China has successfully put its Tianlian-2-02 data relay satellite into orbit in order to more effectively transmit data from the national space station, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation […]
BlackSky’s Quick Return On Investment As Newest Satellites Provide Revenue 18 Hours After Rocket Lab Launch
BlackSky’s(NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue generating commercial operations within 18 hours. Following the successful December 8, 2021, Rocket Lab launch, BlackSky’s satellites delivered first insights in less than 18 […]
Blue Origin’s Sixth Flight Of The Year Is Accomplished
Blue Origin successfully completed their third human spaceflight— the first such mission with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest included: Laura Shepard Churchley Michael Strahan Evan Dick Dylan Taylor […]
China Launches Satellites For ‘Space Exploration + Technology Tests’
China has successfully launched a new group of satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday. The satellites, Shijian-6 05, were launched by a […]
New Rocket Launchpad Being Built By Orbex In Scotland
Orbex has started construction of their first state-of-the-art Launch Platform, the first orbital space launchpad to be built in the UK for more than half a century. Orbex has commissioned […]
Astra’s First Satellite Launch To Be Conducted For NASA From Cape Canaveral’s SLC 46 In January
Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) plans to deploy their first satellite into orbit for NASA in January of 2022. The company’s first launch from Cape Canaveral will be conducted […]
Ball Aerospace-Built IXPE Spacecraft For NASA Launched Successfully By SpaceX
NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft built by Ball Aerospace successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After reaching its final orbital […]
Adverse Weather Conditions Delay Blue Origin’s NS-19 Mission Launch
Due to a forecast of winds occurring on Thursday, December 9, and Friday, December 10, the Blue Origin New Shepard launch team has made the call to delay the launch […]