Launch

Arianespace launched the second commercial Ariane 6 mission on Tuesday evening, launching EUMETSAT‘s Metop-SGA1 satellite. The Ariane 6 rocket took off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 9:37...

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is to ramp up Vulcan rocket launches significantly in the next two years to a possible annual number of more than 30 by 2027 — 60%...

Launch integrator SEOPS is working with space surveillance startup Dignatara to offer a post-launch tracking service that helps satellite operators identify their satellites after launch. SEOPS announced the new service...

Natasha Nicholson is the new CEO of Space Scotland, an industry-led body that represents Scotland’s fast-growing space sector. Her appointment comes at a pivotal moment for Scotland’s space ambitions, with...

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has granted Skyrora a license to launch its suborbital rocket from the SaxaVord Spaceport.  The approval, announced Tuesday, allows Skyrora to launch up to 16...

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The eighth X-37B mission is set...

Arianespace launched the second Vega C mission of 2025 on Friday evening, with Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites and the CNES MicroCarb satellite. The VV27 mission launched from Europe’s...

Launch startup iRocket plans to go public in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with a blank check company backed by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.  iRocket announced...

SpaceX launched NASA’s Tracers satellite mission on Wednesday afternoon, along with payloads for a number of rideshare customers. The Falcon 9 mission took off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in...

SpaceX launched the ninth and tenth satellites in SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation on Tuesday evening. These two satellites will join the first eight satellites already in service, adding capacity to...