Launch
March 18, 2024
The first two WorldView Legion satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and could be launched as soon as April. Maxar Space Systems, which built the satellites for Maxar Intelligence, announced the news on Monday morning. SpaceX will launch the satellites in a Falcon 9 mission. Monday’s news comes after a long…
March 14, 2024
SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully launched to space for the first time and maintained a suborbital trajectory before it was destroyed while attempting to return to Earth on Thursday morning. The third flight test progressed farther than either of the previous flight tests. Thursday’s test took place just one day after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
March 12, 2024
Rocket Lab launched the fourth satellite for Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Synspective. Rocket Lab launched the mission on an Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 4:03 a.m. on March 13 local time, and 11:03 a.m. EDT on March 12. The mission, “Owl Night Long” is a reference to the…
March 11, 2024
Exotrail’s orbital transfer vehicle successfully deployed its first passenger in orbit, completing the demonstration of its new satellite delivery service, “spacedrop.” Launched in November 2023 aboard the SpaceX Transporter 9 mission, Exotrail conducted this delivery mission with the French Space Agency (CNES) and other space surveillance and tracking (SST) partners. The “spacevan” orbital transfer vehicle…