Launch

Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2024 on Wednesday, launching four space situational awareness (SSA) satellites for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space. The Electron mission took off […]

Starlab, the future commercial space station, will launch on a SpaceX Starship rocket under a new launch agreement announced Wednesday. Starlab Space, a joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, […]

Virgin Galactic has completed its first spaceflight this year and its 11th overall. Interestingly, the latest flight was the first flight that all four seats aboard VSS Unity were occupied […]

Firefly Aerospace has made a key breakthrough with the US Government. It has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to serve as a launch provider with Firefly’s Alpha […]

MyRadar has tapped Exolaunch for the deployment of its first two HORIS pathfinder satellites. The satellites, HORIS-1 and HORIS-2, are set to launch on upcoming SpaceX rideshare missions. The company, […]

Ten years ago, governments around the globe forecast a broad swath of new rockets would be in service by now. No one would have predicted that SpaceX would dominate the […]

Impulse Space is working to simplify access to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), unveiling a new high-performance kick stage on Wednesday called Helios, designed to take 5 tons from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

A group of four space situational awareness satellites for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space will be Rocket Lab’s first launch of 2024. Rocket Lab announced Monday it plans […]

Vulcan Centaur, the next-generation heavy-lift rocket from United Launch Alliance, made its debut early Monday morning. It was a successful first launch for the long-awaited rocket — but the customer […]

SpaceX launched the Ovzon 3 satellite for Swedish satellite operator Ovzon on Wednesday evening, after many delays. Ovzon 3 is the first privately funded and developed Swedish Geostationary Orbit (GEO) […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched an astronomy satellite on a PSLV mission on Jan. 1. The PSLV-C58 mission launched the XPoSat — X-ray polarimeter satellite — into Eastward […]

SpaceX launched the Boeing-built X-37B orbital test vehicle on Dec. 28 in a mission for the U.S. Space Force. The Falcon Heavy mission, USSF-52, took off from Launch Complex 39A […]

A number of anticipated satellite programs finally got off the ground in 2023. Unfortunately, some of those satellites including the first ViaSat-3, and four of the O3b mPOWER satellites, have […]

Blue Origin returned the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle to flight on Tuesday, more than a year after a New Shepard rocket exploded during a test flight in September 2022.   […]

Rocket Lab returned the Electron vehicle to flight on Friday with a successful mission for Japanese company Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc., known as iQPS. This was Rocket Lab’s first […]

Orbex has secured another 3.3 million pounds ($4.14 million) in funding, the company announced Dec. 13. The funding is from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as part of the European […]

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket won’t debut until early 2024, after it encountered routine issues during the first wet dress rehearsal. ULA announced Thursday that it fixed the issues, ran a […]

Rocket Lab has signed a new launch deal in Asia. The company will send an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology […]

Momentus said it is unable to confirm the deployment of three out of five satellites launched on the recent SpaceX Transporter-9 mission in November.  Momentus used a third party deployer […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has allocated 820,000 pounds ($1.03 million) to support the development of a new Space Technology Test Centre (STTC) in Wales. The Snowdonia Space Centre secured […]

Amazon tapped constellation competitor SpaceX to launch some of its Kuiper satellites. Amazon announced a deal on Dec. 1 for three Falcon 9 launches on Friday, targeted to start in […]

U.S. Space Systems Command on Nov. 30 said it is targeting December 10 for the launch of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, marking the […]

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is fully booked for the second test flight of its rocket set for 2024, through a program with the German government. RFA won the DLR Microlauncher […]

SpaceX conducted the second Starship test flight over the weekend, making progress over the first test in April, but falling short of reaching orbit.  The test took place on Saturday […]

Firefly Aerospace last week said it has raised about $300 million in the past eight months, adding that it is generating additional interest from investors following the startup’s successful tactical responsive […]

The Centaur V upper stage for the first Vulcan Centaur rocket has arrived in Cape Canaveral ahead of its debut mission, set for Christmas Eve. United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO […]

SpaceX launched two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES, and a 90-payload rideshare mission in a busy weekend of Falcon 9 missions. SES confirmed that the fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed its safety review of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy license evaluation, the regulator announced on Tuesday. However the FAA is still working on an environmental […]

Rocket Lab expects to resume launching its Electron rocket by the end of the year, after the company’s Electron mission failure in September. Rocket Lab reported Wednesday that its license […]

President Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed an agreement on Thursday providing a legal and technical framework for U.S. commercial space launch vehicles to launch from Australia. According […]