Launch

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...