Planet, the operator of an LEO CubeSat constellation numbering over 200 units, has designated SpaceX as its “go-to-launch provider” until the end of 2025. The announcement, made on 5 August, was light on specifics but did highlight SpaceX’s reliable and low-cost...
A Vega rocket lifted-off from the European Spaceport, French Guiana, carrying the Pleiades Neo 4 reconnaissance satellite plus four small co-payloads at 0147 GMT on 17 August. The payloads were carried to sun-synchronous low Earth orbit and were sequentially deployed...
During August aspiring launch provider Astra Space has announced two new launch contracts and its next orbital attempt later in the month. On 5 August it was awarded a dual contract to conduct two launches carrying United States Space Force (USSF) technology...
After initial industry speculation later reports from the Chinese state-media and the company confirmed that a launch of a small rocket took place, but resulted in a failure. The rocket in question was a Hyperbola 1/SQX-1 small launch vehicle built by iSpace. This...
Following a gap of almost a year the European heavy-lift launcher Ariane 5 has launched from Kourou, French Guiana. The mission which lifted-off at 2100 GMT on 30 July, placed the Eutelsat Quantum and Star One D2 satellites into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)....
Rocket Lab has successfully deployed a satellite for the US Space Force into low Earth orbit completing a return-to-flight after a launch failure suffered in May. This mission utilised a Electron rocket which lifted-off at 0600 GMT on 29 July, from the Rocket Lab...
