The Ceres-1 Y11 launch ended in a total loss, marking the first failure for Galactic Energy, a private Chinese space company which hitherto had an unmarred 100 per cent success rate over its first nine flights. The mission lifted off at 0459 GMT on 21 September from...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 20 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-17, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink communications satellites for the second-generation...
Rocket Lab launched Electron KS from Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, at 0655 GMT on 19 September. The Electron was carrying the Acadia 2 (aka Capella-12) radar Earth observation satellite from Capella Space. The rocket’s first stage successfully separated (not...
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan Province, China at 0312 GMT on 17 August 2023. The vehicle carried a trio of Yaogan 39 Group 2 (Yaogan 39-02-A, B, C) Chinese reconnaissance satellites. The orbit...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0338 GMT on 16 September 2023 (launch pad SLC-40). The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-16, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink satellites as part of the second...
The Firefly Alpha rocket took off from Vandenberg, California, at 0228 GMT on 15 September in an unexpected launch. The vehicle’s third flight was part of a programme to demonstrate a responsive space mission launch for the US Space Force. Firefly Aerospace released...
