In a flurry of activity, SpaceX performed three separate Falcon 9 launches in less than three days. At 1609 GMT on 17 June, a SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket carried 53 Starlink v1.5 Group 4-19 communications satellites to orbit for SpaceX itself. The mission...
The Momentus Space Vigoride-3 (VR-3) satellite delivery spacecraft has reportedly failed to release seven of its nine satellite payloads. This follows a serious power shortfall since its launch on the Falcon 9 Transporter-5 flight on 25 May. The cause is believed to...
After a two-hour delay due to a problem with the Liquid Oxygen storage/conditioning, Astra Space launched its Astra Rocket 3.3 (flight LV0010) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 1743 GMT on 12 June 2022. But all did not subsequently go to plan. The lift off, fairing...
NASA has reported that a micrometeoroid strike has caused some damage to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The largest of five meteoroid strikes since its December 2021 launch occurred between 23 and 25 May, causing damage to one segment (segment C3) of its 6 m...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, USA at 2104 GMT on 8 June 2022. The launch vehicle carried Nilesat 301, an Egyptian telecommunication satellite on its way to its geostationary operational orbit. To save fuel for its later...
Under the auspices of China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC), the commercial launch provider and turnkey services arm of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), a commercial flight of the Long March 2C (3) (CZ-2C (3)) rocket lifted off from the...
