It’s no surprise that the potential weather issues on May 3, with 100% cloud cover was the reason that the Starlink Group 15-3 of 29 smallsats launch was scrubbed and […]
Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX’s Saturday launch of Starlink’s Group 15-3 smallsats may have weather issues
On Saturday, May 3, Falcon 9 will launch 26 smallsats of Starlink Group 15-3 into low Earth orbit at 11:27 AM – 3:55 PM PDT from Vandenberg for the Starlink […]
SpaceX will be busy with Starlink launches everyday from Thursday through Sunday
Beginning on Thursday, May 1, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch at 6:51 PM – 10:51 PM PDT Starlink Group 6-75 from Cape Canaveral sending a batch of 28 smallsats into […]
Firefly Aerospace ready for Monday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission
Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 has now been scheduled for Monday, April 28th, at 6:37 AM -7:29 AM PDT from Vandenberg. Space Launch Complex 2W has launched 97 […]
ULA’s Atlas 5 is ready but is the weather at the Cape ready for Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch?
For those who have been ready for a long time for the Amazon Kuiper launch it looks like Monday might be the day, if the weather holds. The Kuiper 1 […]
Space Systems Command expands commercial space vehicle processing capacity
Contract awarded to support increased demands of both military and commercial launch activities, to include National Security Space priorities and improve the U.S. Space Force’s responsive and resilient launch capabilities. […]
Firefly Aerospace now plans a Sunday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission
Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 has been scheduled for Sunday, April 27th, at 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT from Vandenberg. This is the sixth flight of the […]
SpaceX’s Easter Sunday super foggy NROL-145 launch on a secret reconnaissance mission
On a very foggy Easter Sunday, April 20, at 5:29 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-145 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
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 […]