Launch

Rocket Lab successfully launched its 60th Electron, deploying the first Gen-3 satellite for BlackSky’s Earth-imaging satellite constellation. The ‘Fasten Your Space Belts’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex...

Firefly Aerospace will support another U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission under a new Space Force contract valued at $21.81 million. The Space Force awarded Firefly Aerospace a...

The fifth and sixth satellites in Maxar’s WorldView Legion constellation are performing well after a Wednesday evening launch.  SpaceX launched the satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space...

Orbex has won a new contract with D-Orbit for two launches aboard Orbex Prime, the company’s micro-launcher, over the course of the next three years. Orbex announced the deal, Feb....

The U.K. government invested 20 million pounds ($24.8 million) in spaceflight company Orbex as part of its Series D fundraising to build and launch a rocket from Scotland, Orbex announced...

SpaceX launched the communications satellite SpainSat NG I on Wednesday, Jan. 29. for Hisdesat. The Falcon 9 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 8:34 p.m. ET., launching the...

Arianespace signed three launch agreements for the Ariane 6 rocket between the European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA), EUMETSAT and the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), the...

Astranis signed a contract with SpaceX for another Falcon 9 launch to deploy five additional MicroGEO satellites later this year, Astranis announced Jan. 27.  The satellites are set to provide...

Rocket Lab signed a contract for a dedicated Electron launch for Orora Technologies (OroraTech), a German wildfire-detection startup, Rocket Lab announced Jan. 22. The launch is set to deploy eight...

SpaceX’s dramatic Starship test on Thursday afternoon has triggered a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mishap investigation after debris from the test impacted air travel and may have damaged public property...