David Todd explains what made one Falcon 9 launch stand out from the masses Falcon 9 rocket launches have become so frequent that the vast majority are barely mentioned by the press these days. So, what was different about a standard SpaceX Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5...
Of the 259 orbital launch attempts made in 2024 (four Starship launches were excluded because they were sub-orbital), eight failed to achieve their correct orbits. This gave a failure rate of 3 per cent – relatively low compared with the previous year when it was 6...
Europe’s small solid rocket, Vega C, has returned to flight for the first time in two years since it suffered a launch failure. The rocket took off from Kourou, French Guiana on 5 December at 2120 GMT. It carried the Sentinel 1C radar satellite, built by Thales...
Launch orders: NASA gives SpaceX US$257 million contract for Falcon Heavy launch of its nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter drone to Titan SEOPS buys SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for dedicated rideshare mission to GEO while also signing with Axient for in-orbit delivery...
Every year Seradata Space Intelligence reports on the ‘Great Space Race’ – that is, which nation will be next to set foot on the Moon and which will be first to reach the surface of Mars. David Todd analyses the odds and picks his runners and riders from the main...
