Launch

Rocket Lab launched its third orbital mission of 2018, successfully deploying satellites to orbit for NASA. The mission, designated Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 , took place just over a...

Ovzon signed a contract with SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, for the manufacturing of the company´s first Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite. The total investment for the satellite (Ovzon-3) including manufacturing, launch,...

A source in the space industry told Sputnik International that although OneWeb scaled back its constellation of communication satellites, it won’t change the number of contracted Russia Soyuz carrier rockets....

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions revealed that its winning team, led by Space Vector,  received an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s Sounding Rocket Program-4 (SRP-4). The seven-year...

Axelspace selected the SKY Perfect JSAT and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) joint ground station service for its GRUS satellite, a commercial Japanese optical Earth observation satellite. The launch of the GRUS-1 satellite is...

The U.S. Air Force‘s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon...

XYO Network, a company bridging blockchain technology to the physical world, is partnering with Spaceflight. XYO Network will launch its EtherX satellite with Spaceflight aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in late...

U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab is gearing up for the company’s third orbital launch of the year, the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 mission for NASA. The launch...

Inmarsat entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to be the first commercial customer to place an order for the new H3 launch vehicle. The maiden flight of H3...

Arianespace launched India’s next generation high throughput communication satellite, GSAT-11, today from Kourou launch base, French Guiana. The satellite was carried on an Ariane 5 rocket, and this mission marks...