SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2, two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian […]
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SpaceX changes launch date again now Thursday to launch 20 Starlink small sats including 13 Direct to Cell
Delay again as this launch has been passed down the line for days. The determination for the change of date on Wednesday occurred well before the intended launch at 7:39 […]
Firefly’s July 3rd sendoff of NASA’s ELaNa 43 mission “provides a path to space for educational small satellite missions”
As part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, Firefly Aerospace launched eight small satellites on July 3 aboard the company’s Alpha rocket. Named “Noise of Summer,” the rocket successfully lifted off […]
ULA’s statement — United Launch Alliance successfully launches first crewed Starliner
The inaugural human spaceflight launch marks the beginning of a new era for ULAFor the first time in history, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V carrying NASA astronauts aboard […]
SpaceX launches DoD’s next-generation operational environmental intelligence satellite
On Thursday, April 11 at 7:25 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the USSF-62 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]
UPDATE: 3 Saturday launches, 22 Starlink from West Coast, 23 Starlink and Eutelsat-36D launches from East Coast
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Saturday, March 30 for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg […]
Phantom Space + Vaya Space plan a new approach for commercial space launches
Two launch service providers have agreed to simultaneously operate from a single launch complex. Phantom Space COO Mark Lester and Vaya Space COO Rob Fabian signed a memorandum of agreement […]
Beautiful day for a SpaceX launch in Florida as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft heads to ISS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jan. 30, 2024 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station today by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 […]
ELA’s value offering to launch vehicle providers and payload customers — spaceport of the future
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has revealed completed designs for the company’s Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) buildings —state-of-the-art assembly, integration and testing facilities for each of up to seven rocket launch […]