Launch

D-Orbit has successfully completed the deployment phase of the ORIGIN mission, the first for the ION Satellite Carrier. Artistic rendition of D-Orbit's ION smallsat deployer. ION, D-Orbit’s satellite platform, successfully released 12 SuperDove satellites for Earth-imaging company Planet into the ...

Rocket Lab has successfully launched their 15th Electron mission and deployed Earth-imaging satellites for Planet and Spaceflight Inc. customer Canon Electronics — this mission was Rocket Lab’s fifth for this year, making Electron the second-most frequently flown U.S. launch vehicle ...

Momentus Inc. and Gran Systems have signed a service agreement for Gran System’s 2U CubeSat NUTSAT to fly on Momentus’ December 2020 Vigoride demo mission. The 2U NUTSAT was designed by the National Formosa University with the backing of the ...

A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Oct. 26, 2020. Photo is by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua) China successfully launched new remote-sensing satellites into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office is scheduled for November 3, 2020. The launch window is from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m. EST. The Atlas V will launch from ...

A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Site No. 43/3 @ Plesetsk. Photo is courtesy of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The Russian Fregat booster has successfully placed the GLONASS-K satellite into the prescribed orbit according to the ...

A launch delay on Thursday due to a small technical issue was corrected enabling today's successful launch on Saturday, October 24, at 11:31 a.m. EDT, 11:31 UTC launch of SpaceX’s 60 Starlink satellites. The launch to orbit took place from ...

The two European satellite passengers to be orbited on Arianespace’s next Vega launch – Spain’s SEOSAT-Ingenio and Taranis of France – have been fueled in preparation for next month’s liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Both were “topped off” ...

Lockheed Martin will be developing UK launch operations from the Shetland Space Centre on the island of Unst. Orbex and Highlands and Islands Enterprise continue to advance launch plans from Space Hub Sutherland, where hundreds of space jobs will be ...

Yet another SpaceX Starlink mission is planned targeting Thursday, October 22 at 12:14 p.m. EDT, 16:14 UTC, for its fifteenth Starlink mission, which will launch 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ...

Momentus Inc. (“Momentus” or the “Company”) and Kepler Communications Inc. (“Kepler”) have signed a launch service agreement to deploy two additional satellites for Kepler’s GEN1 constellation in 2021. Momentus’ rideshare service will include launch provisions and delivery to the customer’s ...

DLR ReFEx in space. Building on the MoU that was previously signed between DLR – Space Operations and Astronaut Training – and Southern Launch on March 26, 2020, the organizations have now signed a Cooperation Agreement further enhancing their relationship ...

There are, and will be, many challenges for the Kleos Space S.A, launch team that has arrived in India for final preparations of their upcoming launch, targeted for the first half of November 2020. The team is preparing for the ...

Falcon 9 liftoff of the Starlink smallsats mission is courtesy of the SpaceX launch video. On Sunday, October 18, at 8:25 a.m. EDT, 12:25 UTC, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in ...

Spaceflight Inc. will execute two launches on two different continents in a matter of weeks; one aboard a Rocket Lab Electron and the other on NewSpace India Limited’s (NSIL) PSLV — for both missions, Spaceflight arranged the launch and is ...

Blue Origin has successfully completed the 13th New Shepard mission to space and back and the 7th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle, a record for the firm. There were 12 payloads onboard including the Deorbit, Descent, and Landing Sensor ...

Spaceport America has signed an agreement with C6 Launch Systems to provide services, resources and access to the vertical launch sites facilities for testing operations and activities. C6 Launch Systems plans to begin work at Spaceport America in January 2021 ...

China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 12:57 a.m. on Monday, Beijing Time. The high-orbit optical remote-sensing satellite, Gaofen-13, was sent into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. This satellite ...

Artistic rendition of Space Flight Laboratory's SPARTAN 6U cubesat. Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced the successful launch of the Kepler-4 and Kepler-5 cubesats — and the company played an instrumental role in the development of the production workflow at ...

Russia will be investing $800 million on a new rocket system that will compete directly with SpaceX and that company's reusable Falcon 9 launchers, according to Russian news agency, TASS. The Russian rocket system, called Amur, was signed with a ...