Rocket Lab released this announcement: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider of launch services and space systems, successfully launched a suborbital mission with its HASTE launch vehicle for the […]
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INNOSPACE to launch HANBIT-Nano SPACEWARD mission on November 22 including 5 smallsats
INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company targets 3:00 p.m. on November 22 (Brazil time) for the launch of its first commercial launch vehicle ‘HANBIT-Nano’ as part of the […]
UPDATE: ULA’s Launch Readiness is GO! for Wednesday ViaSat-3 Flight 2 one of the most powerful commercial communication satellites
Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (F2) mission for Viasat, a global technologies company. The mission is planned to lift off […]
ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission
The European Space Agency and Avio signed a contract for 24-months of development activities aiming at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage. The activities, for a total value […]
NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman CRS-23, SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 6:11 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept. 14, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International […]
Gilmour Space achieves milestone with Australian satellite now in-orbit
Gilmour Space Technologies today confirmed the successful in-orbit operation of its 100-kilogram satellite platform, ElaraSat MMS-1 (Multi-Mission Satellite-1) — another step forward for Australian space capability. Launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 […]
L-1 UPDATE: ULA Vulcan USSF-106 mission progressing towards launch of ‘2 firsts’
On August 12, 2025 between 7:59 and 8:59 p.m. EDT (2359-0059 UTC ) a Vulcan Centaur VC4S rocket, with four solid rocket boosters, will launch USSF-106 directly to geosynchronous orbit […]
Firefly’s award of $177 Million from NASA for mission to the Moon’s South Pole
Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, was awarded a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south […]
Orbex in trouble?
Orbex has delayed its UK rocket launch to 2026 due to site and funding issues. SaxaVord, the launch site in Scotland, isn’t ready, and more financial support is said to […]
UK’s Orbex and Germany’s Exolaunch partner in smallsat launch services
Orbex, the UK-based orbital launch services company, announceds a strategic five-year partnership with Exolaunch, a provider of launch services, mission management, deployment systems and integration services for small satellites. The […]