Launch

The following is a statement issued by Arianespace. Flight VV16 has been pushed back several times, notably due to the persistence of exceptionally unfavorable winds aloft at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. With this mission, Arianespace is underscoring ...

Saturday, August 29, and again, another no go ... (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, August 29, 2020) – The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed ...

Final preparations are underway for Arianespace’s historic Vega rideshare flight with Europe’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser system, which has been rescheduled within a launch window from September 1 to September 4, following multiple weather-related postponements. SSMS provides a ...

Rocket Lab is observing a two week launch window for their Electron Rocket to launch a Sequoia radar observation satellite for Capella Space, a commercial remote sensing company. The original launch was delayed from August 26, which is the beginning ...

The cost will be almost $500 million to refurbish the Sea Launch floating rocket launch platform, according to reports. Russia’s deputy prime minister, Yuri Borisov, recalled that before the floating spaceport left its port at Long Beach, California, the US ...

Artistic rendition of the first Hungarian satellite. The first Hungarian commercial satellite will launch in 2024 and will offer broadcast, Internet and phone service as well as transmit data and assist scientific research. According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, the CarpathiaSat Hungarian Space ...

Artistic rendition of Masten Space Systems' Lunar Lander. Masten Space Systems has selected SpaceX to launch Masten Mission One (MM1) — as part of MM1, Masten’s lunar lander will deliver nine, NASA-sponsored, science and technology demonstration experiments and several commercial ...

The first Ethiopian satellite launch by China. Ethiopia is completing their planning for the launch of the nation's second satellite into orbit next month, just eight months after the launch of the country's ETRSS-1 satellite last December. The country’s space ...

OHB Group has signed a contract for a dedicated launch on an Electron rocket with Rocket Lab — the launch was procured through OHB Cosmos International Launch Service GmbH, the launch service division of the OHB Group. The mission will ...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket was going to launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to support national security at 2:12 a.m., EDT, on August 27. Now the launch, according to the company, ...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket is in final preparations to launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to support national security. The launch is on track for August 26 at Space Launch Complex-37 ...

Rocket Lab is getting ready for another launch with a 3-day window next week. This will be the launch of a dedicated commercial mission from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula. The launch window opens August 27 UTC ...

Kepler has signed a launch agreement with Exolaunch for two of the company’s 6U XL satellites. Under the contract, Exolaunch will provide launch, mission management, integration and deployment services to Kepler’s satellites on a Soyuz rideshare mission, targeted for launch ...

Another record breaking SpaceX Starlink launch has been successfully completed, with 56 additional smallsats joining the already 600 Starlinks already on-orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket used to transport the Starlink and SkySat payloads to space has been auspiciously used five ...

The Galaxy 30/MEV-2 is a Northrop Grumman Corporation (former Orbital ATK) program combining two satellites stacked together: Intelsat’s Galaxy 30 and Mission Extension Vehicle-2 for SpaceLogistics LLC, a satellite servicing vehicle which will dock first to Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02). Artistic ...

The BSAT-4b satellite at Maxar's manufacturing facility. Photo is courtesy of Maxar. Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) built the BSAT-4b satellite, manufactured for Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT), and, post-launch, is performing according to plan. BSAT-4b deployed its solar arrays and ...

Arianespace’s fifth mission of 2020 used an Ariane 5 with increased payload capacity, resulting from the integration of a new vehicle equipment bay. Flight VA253. Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b. Success came today as Arianespace's Ariane 5 was launched and ...

Close-up view of the payload module ‘Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells In Space’ (OHSCIS). Almost all satellites are powered by solar cells; however, solar cells are heavy — while conventional high-performance cells reach up to three watts of electricity per ...

Artistic rendition of a Kleos Scouting Mission satellite on-orbit. Kleos Space (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has announced that, as part of the expansion of the firm's constellation, a contract has been signed with rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc. to manifest a ...

Word was issued Thursday, from Arianespace that due to unfavorable weather conditions the launch that was targeted for Friday, August 14, will not take place. The soonest date for a launch is Saturday, August 15. This makes four delays, and ...