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 […]
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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 […]
UPDATE: No delivery for Amazon’s Project Kuiper 2 as ULA calls no go for weather delay
Space Station, Fla., June 10, 2025) – Due to multiple weather delays during launch processing, the launch of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the second batch of […]
South Korea’s INNOSPACE and U.S.’s Saturn Satellite Networks collaborate with a strategic MOU to develop next-gen satellites and services
INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company, announced today that the company has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saturn Satellite Networks, Inc. (“Saturn”), a US-based satellite company headquartered […]
AST SpaceMobile to launch 243 satellites
AST SpaceMobile (AST), a would-be supplier of direct-to-consumer cellular telephony from space, has told the FCC that it will have 243 of its BlueBird satellites in orbit by the end […]
China’s Monday launch of another SatNet LEO Group adding to broadband internet constellation
China plans a Monday launch of its Long March 12 carrier rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Site, of SatNet LEO Group, which is a series of launches deploying satellites into […]
SES expects 30% growth from O3b mPOWER fleet
Satellite operator SES reported its numbers on April 30th but it has now emerged that the company’s O3b mPOWER Mid-Earth orbiting fleet is expected to grow capacity by 30 per […]
Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission is ‘to be determined’
Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, is yet to be determined. Alpha FLTA006 is the second mission […]
Northrop Grumman’s “superb launch” NROL-174 on secret reconnaissance mission for Space Force and NRO
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple […]
Firefly Aerospace’s Firefly Alpha to launch Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission on Friday
On Friday, April 18 Firefly Aerospace will launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) between 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, at a cost […]