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Rocket Lab launches BlackSky’s “Full Stream Ahead” Earth observing Gen-3 satellite mission

June 2, 2025

Rocket Lab’s “Full Stream Ahead” mission lifted off at 7:57 p.m. ET (June 2) launching to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) an Earth-observing “Gen-3” satellite for Virginia-based BlackSky. Photo by Satnews. […]

Filed Under: AI-Powered Analytics, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), BlackSky, BlackSky Technology Inc., Constellations, Earth Observation (EO), Electron, Electron Launch Vehicle, Gen-3 Imaging Satellite (BlackSky), High Resolution Data, Imagery, Intelligence, Launch, Launch Vehicle, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mission, New Zealand, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Spacecraft

SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s secret GPS III-7 to stand against increasing threats

May 30, 2025

On Friday, May 30 at 1:37 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the GPS III-7 mission to medium-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]

Filed Under: Falcon 9, GPS III-7 (SSC), High Precision, M-Code, MEO, Military, Mission, NASA, Orbital, SpaceX, Warfighters Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Lab scrubs Wednesday launch of Full Stream Ahead ’til June 2nd

May 28, 2025

The “Full Stream Ahead” mission, which was originally scheduled for May 28, 2025, has been delayed to June 2, 2025. The primary reasons for the delay are the need for […]

Filed Under: AI-Enabled Control System, Analytics, BlackSky, BlackSky Technology Inc., Constellation, Forecasting, Gen-3 Imaging Satellite (BlackSky), High Resolution Data, Imagery, Intelligence, Launch, Launch Agreement, Launch Delay, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mid-Inclination Orbit (MIO), Mission, Mission Agreement, New Zealand, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX moves Starlink Group 11-16 smallsats launch to Friday due to various factors

May 22, 2025

The date and time of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 11-16 including 27 smallsats into low Earth orbit has been moved to Friday, May 23rd from 1:36 PM […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Droneship Landings, Falcon 9, Launch, Launch Delay, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mission, Orbital, Satellites, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, Starlink, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 11-16 on Thursday from California

May 20, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, May 22 for a Falcon 9 launch of a batch of Starlink Group 11-16 smallsats, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB. Liftoff […]

Filed Under: Falcon 9, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mission, Polar Orbits, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, SpaceX, Starlink, Vandenberg SFB, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 15-3 smallsats on Monday from California

May 11, 2025

SpaceX is targeting Monday, May 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Falcon 9, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Operations, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Mission, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, SpaceX, Starlink, Vandenberg SFB

Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic

April 29, 2025

Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in a significantly “lower than planned orbit”, and the “stage and its payload reentered over the South […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, Aerospace Corporation, Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Anomaly, Anomaly Detection, Antarctica, Buses, Business Moves, Contracts, Demonstrations, Development, Engines / Thrusters, Firefly Aerospace, Launch Delay, Lockheed Martin, Mission, Mission Agreement, Orbit, Payload Development, SmallSat, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, South Pacific, Statement Tagged With: Featured

ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport

April 23, 2025

ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April […]

Filed Under: Ariane 6, Arianespace, Biomass Satellite (Airbus, L3Harris, ESA), Business Moves, Europe's Spaceport, European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Agency Biomass Mission, Fairings, Forest Biomass, Forestry, French Guiana, Kourou, Kourou Space Center, Launch Pad, Mission, P-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar, Production, Production Facility, Vega C, Vega-C

Space economy faces ticking clock on collision risk 

April 15, 2025

Novaspace, the space consulting and market intelligence firm, has released its Space Situational and Domain Awareness Market Intelligence Report.   “With the increasing deployment of mega-constellations in lower orbits, critical failures […]

Filed Under: Collision Analysis Framework, Data Acquisition, Government, Intelligence, Mission, Novaspace, Operational, Programs, Situational Awareness, Space Collision Avoidance, Space Economy, Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

Rocket Lab’s launch of OroraTech’s ‘Finding Hot Wildfires Near You’ will help tackle wildfires around the world

March 26, 2025

Right on time at 11:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) on March 26, from Rocket Lab’s Pad B at Launch Complex 1, Mahia base in New Zealand, the 59-foot (18-meter), three-stage […]

Filed Under: Booster, Constellations, Detection, Detection Analytics, Electron, Hazard Detection, Mission, Mission Payloads, Multiple Payloads, New Zealand, OroraTech, Payloads, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Wildfires Tagged With: Featured

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