Florida’s weather held steady on Monday, October 7, enabling SpaceX to launch the ESA Hera mission to interplanetary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space […]
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SpaceX to launch ESA’s Hera to study Didymos asteroid on Monday, weather permitting
On Monday, October 7th, at 7:52 AM – 8:27 AM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, SpaceX plans to launch Hera, for the European Space Agency, on […]
ULA’s Vulcan launches second certification flight for U.S. Space Force “all rockets are not created equal”
United Launch Alliance (ULA) ushers in a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its second certification flight (Cert-2) of the next generation Vulcan rocket on Oct. […]
ULA’s Vulcan calm before the Cert-2 Friday launch… weather permitting
Everything continues to progress towards the ULA Vulcan launch carrying the Cert-2 mission. The mission is planned to lift off on Friday, October 4 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape […]
ULA says GO! signs Launch Readiness Certificate for Friday’s Vulcan Cert-2 mission launch
The Launch Readiness Review (LRR) is GO for Friday’s liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket on the Certification-2 (Cert-2) flight test. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:00 a.m. EDT […]
China to launch ‘unknown payload(s)’ on Monday and Tuesday
On Monday, September 23 at 7:30 PM – 8:52 PM PDT China Rocket Co. Ltd. will launch unknown cargo on Smart Dragon 3 from Haiyang Spaceport which has witnessed the […]
SpaceX’s Foggy Friday the 20th launch of 20 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
Despite a very foggy launch area, on Friday, September 20 at 6:50 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit […]
SpaceX delays Wednesday, Patriots’ Day launch of 21 Starlink smallsats, Group 9-6
SpaceX has delayed the Starlink satellite launch of 21 small satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation originally scheduled for today, Patriots’ Day, September 11, to Thursday evening, September 12, at 6:45 […]
SpaceX ready for Patriots’ Day Starlink satellite launch, wind may cause issues
SpaceX plans a launch on Wednesday, September 11, for a batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation from Space Launch 4-E, Vandenberg SFB, California into Low Earth Orbit at 7:45 […]
SpaceX sends off NASA’s Cygnus resupply mission on Sunday to the ISS during a break in Florida’s weather
SpaceX was able to work with a window of opportunity between some challenging Florida weather on Sunday, August 4, long enough to send off NASA’s cargo resupply to the International […]