SpaceX has agreed to launch satellites for the Lightspeed constellation, the brainchild of its major competitor Telesat. The private company founded by Elon Musk, which dominates the commercial space scene, had agreed to provide 14 launches for Telesat on its Falcon...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0312 GMT on 9 September 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-14, a total of 22 v2 Mini Starlink satellites for the second generation (GEN 2) Starlink...
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket (Atlas V 551 (RL10C-1-1)/GEM-63) was launched at 1247 GMT on 10 September 2022 on flight number AV 551 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41. The mission is a – flight number AV-102, carrying the secret NRO L-107 mission for...
A Japanese H-2A rocket flying in its 202 configuration has carried two satellites, a space telescope and a Lunar lander, into orbit. The mission lifted-off from the Tanegashima Space Center, southern Japan, at 2342 GMT on 6 September. The larger payload...
Launching at 1814 GMT on 6 September a Chinese Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket has carried the Yaogan 33-03 satellite into a 700 km LEO. The mission lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. Chinese state media describes the Yaogan 33...
At 0934 GMT on 5 September a Ceres-1S rocket built by Chinese company Galactic Energy successfully lifted-off from a modified barge launch platform in the Yellow Sea. Onboard the rocket were four smallsats of the Tianqi (Apocalypse) IoT constellation. This launch...
