While neither has yet had their manned capsule designs fly, and while both have had their test flight programmes delayed, both Boeing and SpaceX have been awarded contracts by NASA for four more manned commercial flights each to add to the two they each already hold....
The first launch of the “quick launch” Chinese Kuaizhou 1A (Feitian 1) launch vehicle took place from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi Desert on 9 January at 0411 GMT. While the earlier Kuaizhou 1 incarnation of this rocket series had its fourth stage...
Arianespace has received two launch contracts at the beginning of 2017. The first contract to launch Intelsat 39 in 2018 was signed with Intelsat. Arianespace signed another contract with Sky Perfect JSat for the launch of JCSat-17 in 2019. Both spacecraft are likely...
The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA rocket lifted off at 2030 GMT on 21 December, completing its seventh launch of 2016. This launch also marks the 76th straight success for the Ariane 5 and 90th launch overall. The mission, which took off from the European Spaceport, Kourou,...
The S3 air-launch project, which was announced in April 2013 by Swiss Space Systems (S3) Holding SA, has been ended after S3 was formally declared bankrupt by a court in the Swiss canton of Vaud. The proposed launch system of S3 was to consist of an Airbus A-300...
An Atlas V 431 operated by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully operated a launch offered by the Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) to orbit the EchoStar 19/Jupiter 2 communications satellite. Lift off took place from the Cape Canaveral launch...
