Rocket Lab has announced their next Electron mission, one that will feature a diverse range of payloads from the United States, France and New Zealand. The mission, which will be […]
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United Launch Alliance In Final Prep For NROL-101 Mission Launch
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch is on track for November […]
Final Prep For Kleos Space Four Smallsat Launch Via ISRO PSLV Completed
Kleos Space S.A. has confirmed that the firm’s team of mission engineers have completed the final preparation of the Kleos’ four Scouting Mission satellites prior to launch on board a […]
D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier Successfully Completes Smallsat Deployments
D-Orbit has successfully completed the deployment phase of the ORIGIN mission, the first for the ION Satellite Carrier. ION, D-Orbit’s satellite platform, successfully released 12 SuperDove satellites for Earth-imaging company […]
Rocket Lab Boosts Planet + Canon Smallsats To Orbit Via Electron Launch Vehicle
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 […]
Momentus To Fly A Gran Systems Smallsat In December
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 […]
China Launches Three Yaogan-30 Satellites
China successfully launched new remote-sensing satellites into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Monday October 26, 2020. Belonging to the Yaogan-30 family, the […]
ULA Sets November 3 For NROL-101 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 […]
Russia Launches The GLONASS-K Satellite
The Russian Fregat booster has successfully placed the GLONASS-K satellite into the prescribed orbit according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry’s information department pointed out that the launch and […]
SpaceX Launches Another 60 Starlink Satellites and Celebrates a Falcon’s 100th Flight
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 […]