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 […]
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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 […]
Virgin Galactic completes 1st private astronaut spaceflight — ‘Galactic 02’
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has completed the company’s first private astronaut flight, ‘Galactic 02.’ The mission achieved multiple historic milestones, showcasing how Virgin Galactic spaceflights are broadening access […]
ARQUIMEA and Aerospacelab agree to co-develop a high-performance Low Earth Orbit satellite
ARQUIMEA and Aerospacelab have signed an agreement to co-develop a LEO satellite that will feature optimized reliability and power management — this smallsat will deliver 1.5 kW of peak power […]
Northrop Grumman launches the NG-19 resupply mission to ISS
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully launched their 19th resupply mission — NG-19 — to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract aboard the […]