SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, California, USA, at 1838 GMT on 03 March 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying 51 communications satellites into low Earth orbit as part of Starlink Group 2-7. The B1061 first stage –...
Arianespace has released the findings of its investigation into the Vega-C launch failure (flight VV22) which lost two Airbus Defence and Space-built Pleiades satellites ( Pleiades Neo 5 and 6). The launch took place at 0147 GMT on 21 December 2022. The P120C first...
The US Space Force has confirmed that it has contracted for a launch of its USSF-106 navigation satellite mission carrying the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite-3) spacecraft for the US AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory). The NTS-3 is being built by L3Harris....
Astra Space has released its investigation findings into the Astra Rocket 3.3 launch failure which lost a pair of NASA’s TROPICS-1 mission satellites. The TROPICS-1 mission launched on 12 June 2022 on Astra’s Rocket 3.3, serial number LV0010. The rocket...
On 28 February 2023, American companies Rocket Lab and Capella Space announced a new multi-launch contract covering four missions. Capella has contracted Rocket Lab to launch four of its improved commercial SAR satellites – known as “Acadia”...
SpaceX is transitioning to a new design of spacecraft as it takes its Starlink constellation forward. The Starlink Group 6-1 mission was launched on a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket at 2313 GMT on 27 February from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of the Starlink Gen 2...
