Having been berthed to the International Space Station (ISS) Harmony module for just over a month following its Falcon 9 launch and arrival, the SpaceX Dragon CRS-15 freighter, on the last part of its cargo mission for NASA, was unberthed on 3 August using the ISS...
An Ariane 5 ES was launched from the Kourou launch site, in French Guiana, South America, at 1125 GMT on 25 July. It was carrying four Galileo satellites 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the navigation satelllite constellation to Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). This was...
The Telstar 19 Vantage communications satellite was launched at 0550 GMT on 22 June on a Falcon 9v1.3FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral. The first stage, having separated two a half minutes after lift-off as planned, successfully landed on the drone “Of Course I Still...
At 0943 GMT on 29 June, a previously flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and for its First stage for the second time. The First stage flew for the first time in April carrying the NASA TESS telescope. This time it carried...
On 21 June, The United States Air Force (USAF) announced that they had awarded the launch of the classified, AFSPC-52 mission to SpaceX. This mission will utilise the SpaceX Falcon Heavy vehicle and is planned for “late in the fiscal year 2020”. This award...
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral, in the US at 0445 GMT on 4 June, a hybrid SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried an communications satellite, SES-12, to a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The satellite, SES-12, is the sixth SES unit to be launched by SpaceX. It is built...
