Launch

Rocket Lab successfully launched eight wildfire detection satellites for OroraTech on its Electron rocket into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Wednesday.  The mission, named “Finding Hot Wildfires Near You,” launched on...

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded SSC expanded satellite ground station contracts to support the Copernicus program, the company announced Wednesday.  These new contracts add SSC’s Punta Arenas Satellite Station...

Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites for Kinéis, a French IoT constellation operator. The “High Five” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia,...

SpaceX launched 74 payloads on the Transporter-13 mission on Friday in its second rideshare mission of 2025.  The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg...

After years of waiting in the wings, three new rockets finally made their debuts over the last 15 months as the industry saw the first launches of the Vulcan, Ariane...

SpaceX suffered another unsuccessful Starship test on Thursday as the upper stage broke apart in flight, with debris from the event impacting air traffic.  This marks two dramatic test failures...

The Ariane 6 completed its first commercial mission on Tuesday, carrying the CSO-3 satellite for the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) for the Air and Space Force’s Space...

Varda Space Industries successfully landed its second reentry capsule, W-2, and completed the company’s second mission, the company announced on Feb. 28. After six weeks in orbit, W-2 touched down...

Rocket Lab posted record revenue in 2024 with 78% year-over-year growth, but also pushed its plans for the first Neutron launch to the second half of 2025.  Rocket Lab reported...

Australia could see the launch next month of the first rocket designed and built in Australia. Gilmour Space Technologies announced a launch window starting no earlier than March 15 for the...