UPDATE 2: (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, September 9, 2023) The launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission, a joint National Reconnaissance […]
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Goonhilly Earth Station: Continuing success with Aditya-L1 launch support
The Indian Space Research Organization‘s Aditya-L1 solar observatory that launched on September 2, 2023, marked a historic moment, as this was the first Indian satellite mission aimed at directly studying […]
India launches the Aditya-L1 solar space observatory mission
On Saturday, September 2nd, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched a PSLV-C57 rocket with the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the first solar space observatory for India. The liftoff occurred from the […]
China launches new remote sensing satellite group
China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Thursday to place a group of three remote sensing satellites in space. The three satellites of the Yaogan-39 family were launched at […]
SpaceX’s launch tonight from the Cape — fingers crossed
Despite weather conditions in Florida, SpaceX is targeting Thursday, August 31 at 10:21 p.m. ET (02:21 UTC on September 1) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to […]
UPDATE: Scrubbed ULA’s NRO and U.S. Space Force’s SILENTBARKER/NROL-107
UPDATE: (Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, Florida, August 28, 2023) –The launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Space […]
SpaceX and NASA prepare for Dragon’s upcoming launch of Crew-7
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Friday, August 25 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s seventh operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-7) to the International Space Station from Launch […]
Rocket Lab launches their 40th Electron mission + successfully flies a reused Rutherford engine
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched their 40th dedicated Electron mission for Capella Space (Capella) — this mission demonstrated several significant milestones for Rocket Lab’s reusability program, […]
UPDATE #6: SpaceX launches 21 smallsat Starlink satellites despite Hilary’s delays and another launch tonight
UPDATE #6: With Hilary now no longer a problem at Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on Tuesday, August 22 at 2:37 a.m. PT, Falcon […]
MONDAY UPDATE #4: Upcoming SpaceX’s launch of 22 small sat Starlinks
UPDATE #4: The anticipated launch of SpaceX is remaining today, Monday, August 21 at 11:04 p.m. PT (6:04 UTC on August 22) for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink […]