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...
Although its Super Heavy/Starship system is full stacked and ready for refuelling at the Boca Chica launch site in Texas, SpaceX has yet to get permission from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to make its second orbital flight attempt. After completing its...
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...
Virgin Galactic has made another commercial suborbital launch. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA at 1434 GMT on 8 September 2023 with SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity slung underneath. . This was the third commercial 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...
