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NASA has added Neutron launch services to Rocket Lab’s existing Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract, Rocket Lab announced Jan. 9. Rocket Lab has been eligible for NASA […]

Automotive giant Toyota is investing in Japanese rocket startup Interstellar Technologies as part of its vision for the future of mobility.  Woven by Toyota (WbyT), the mobility arm of Toyota […]

To kick off 2025, Via Satellite’s annual roundup of Top Launches to Watch is back, highlighting some of the top commercial satellites expected to launch this year. This list is […]

Update: Blue Origin is now targeting no earlier than Jan. 12 for the first launch of New Glenn due to high seas in the Atlantic, where it hopes to land […]

SpaceX launched the Thuraya 4 telecommunications satellite for United Arab Emirates (UAE) space and AI company Space42 on Friday, Jan. 3. The mission was SpaceX’s first launch of 2025.  The […]

Four Astranis MicroGEO satellites are on their way to orbit after a dedicated SpaceX launch early Sunday.  SpaceX launched the four satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Cape Canaveral […]

Japanese satellite company Synspective ended 2024 with a public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market and a dedicated satellite launch on Dec. 21.  Rocket Lab launched a single StriX […]

SpaceX launched 30 payloads to mid-inclination orbit on Saturday in the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission. The Falcon 9 mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Dec. […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed allocating more spectrum for space launch communication. The proposal announced on Dec. 19 would reallocate the 2360–2395 MHz band on a secondary basis for […]

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 national security missions back-to-back from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California between Monday night and Tuesday morning, followed by an O3b […]

SpaceX wants to incorporate Starbase as its own city in Texas. The Starbase production site in Cameron County, Texas, is home to development of SpaceX’s Starship rocket.  Kathy Lueders, former […]

Astranis delivered four satellites to Cape Canaveral ahead of a dedicated SpaceX launch later this month. Astranis announced Tuesday that SpaceX is targeting December 17 for the Falcon 9 mission.  […]

Arianespace‘s Vega C rocket returned to flight on Thursday, its first launch after a failure during its second mission two years ago. Vega C launched on December 5 from Europe’s […]

SpaceX launched a new satellite for SiriusXM’s satellite radio business on Thursday morning. The Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite, SXM-9, will deliver SiriusXM’s audio entertainment and information to millions of consumers.  […]

Orbex has made a surprising move as it looks to build a profitable launch business, abandoning the development of the Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland in the process. The Scottish space […]

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the agency’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Titan moon on a Falcon Heavy rocket in 2028. The firm-fixed-price contract announced Monday is worth $256.6 […]

Note — This story was updated on Dec. 9 with more information on the suborbital mission Rocket Lab hit the milestone of launching two missions from two continents in less […]

Blue Origin flew a crew to the edge of space on the New Shepard rocket on Friday in its ninth human spaceflight mission. The civilian astronaut crew included TV host […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is on the path to modify SpaceX’s license to authorize more Starship launches from SpaceX’s launch base in Texas.  The FAA released a revised draft […]

Arianespace will launch Exotrail’s first GEO mission of its spacevan vehicle in a new deal announced Tuesday. The spacevan is an orbital transfer vehicle designed to deploy and transport other […]

AST SpaceMobile has signed on for Blue Origin’s upcoming New Glenn rocket. The launch agreement announced Thursday covers multiple New Glenn launches from Blue Origin’s launch complex at Cape Canaveral […]

Rocket Lab announced its first launch deal for the upcoming medium-lift Neutron rocket —  a multi-launch agreement with an unnamed commercial satellite constellation operator.  Rocket Lab announced the deal on […]

Firefly Aerospace has raised $175 million in new venture capital that will help it boost production of a multi-mission orbital vehicle and its small lift rocket, and accelerate hardware qualification of […]

SpaceX launched the Koreasat-6A satellite for Korean satellite operator KT SAT on Monday. Koreasat-6A will deliver both broadcast and fixed satellite services to South Korea.  A Falcon 9 rocket launched […]

Arianespace and ArianeGroup are targeting the first commercial flight of the Ariane 6 rocket to take place in the first quarter of 2025, mid-February at the earliest.  This comes after […]

Rocket Lab reached a new record for Electron missions in one year, launching its 12th mission of 2024 on Tuesday night from New Zealand. The Electron mission carried a single […]

Japan’s H3 rocket launched a Japanese military communications satellite on Monday. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the successful mission post-launch.  The H3 rocket launched the Kirameki No. 3 satellite […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday released a new solicitation for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, and SSC said that it […]

The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling “the U.S. […]

Smallsat launcher Astra announced a new award from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday, months after taking the company private.  The DIU awarded Astra a contract worth up to […]