On Friday, August 7 at 1:12 a.m. EDT, 5:12 UTC, SpaceX launched its tenth Starlink mission, which included 57 Starlink satellites and 2 satellites from BlackSky, a Spaceflight customer. Falcon […]
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UPDATE: Smallsat Launch Contract Awarded By Swarm to Exolaunch
Exolaunch has signed a launch agreement with Swarm Technologies to launch 24 satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission. Under the contract, Exolaunch will provide launch, integration and deployment […]
SES Going With ULA Atlas V For C-Band Satellites Launch
SES has selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch two C-band satellites — this launch is part of the company’s accelerated C-band clearing plan to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s […]
A Virtual Presence: GK Launch Services @ SmallSat Conference
For those thinking of launching their smallsats or cubesats, please join GK Launch Services and the firm’s virtual side meeting that is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, from 8:00 to […]
Arianespace Announces New Launch Date for VA253
Arianespace has issued a new targeted launch date. The progress of operations currently underway at the Final Assembly Building has enabled August 14 to be envisioned as the launch date […]
Welcome Home, Astronauts Behnken + Hurley
The SpaceX Dragon capsule with astronauts Behnken and Hurley aboard has completed its descent from space and into the Gulf of Mexico for a successful splashdown, completing this historic mission […]
Express Satellites Launched + Engaged For Copernicus C02M Mission Payloads
The Express-80 and Express-103 communications satellites have been successfully launched by a Proton launch vehicle from the Cosmodrome of Baikonour in Kazakhstan. The satellites are the result of the partnership […]
Virgin Orbit @ Work On Next Rocket + @ SmallSat Conference
Virgin Orbit’s work continues in Long Beach, California, to get the firm’s next rocket integrated, checked out and shipped out — the rocket’s first stage, second stage and fin can […]
NASA’s Successful Launch of the Mission to Mars With Perseverance
NASA‘s goal to send a spacecraft to Mars began this morning as the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket lifted off carrying the Mars 2020 spacecraft for NASA from […]
Lockheed Martin’s Aeroshell Technology Protects NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] developed the technology behind the aeroshell that will protect NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, and deploy the first-ever Mars helicopter. The Mars 2020 spacecraft with its Perseverance rover is […]