Launch

SpaceX launched 58 Starlink satellites on Tuesday, along with three Planet SkySats. The Falcon 9 took off at 10:31 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Kennedy Space Center...

Exolaunch will provide small satellite end-to-end launch services for Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), a German launch services provider. Exolaunch will procure launch capacities from RFA. Exolaunch provides launch services,...

Arianespace launched three spacecraft for Intelsat, SpaceLogistics LLC, and B-SAT on an Ariane 5 on Saturday, marking the launcher’s return to flight after the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French...

Northrop Grumman conducted its first ground test of an extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) in Promontory, Utah on Thursday. This variation of the company’s GEM 63 strap-on...

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) revealed two two new satellite platforms: the SN-200M satellite bus designed for Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) and the SN-1000. These satellite platforms offer increased payload capacity for...

It is fair to say 2020 has been widely chaotic, and that is no different for the space launch industry. The industry is facing a pandemic that affects the global...

SES CEO Steve Collar said that the operator is working with its satellite manufacturer partners to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not disrupt the tight deadlines that FCC has...

United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX have been National Security Space Launch  (NSSL) service contracts, the U.S. Space Force announced Aug. 7.  The Phase 2 Procurement contracts are for launch...

SpaceX launched a batch of 57 Starlink satellites with two BlackSky Earth Observation (EO) satellites along for the ride on Friday, August 7 at 1:12 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex...

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch up to five C-band satellites for global operator SES, which will use the spacecraft for its accelerated C-band clearing plan with the...