Launch

A number of anticipated satellite programs finally got off the ground in 2023. Unfortunately, some of those satellites including the first ViaSat-3, and four of the O3b mPOWER satellites, have...

Blue Origin returned the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle to flight on Tuesday, more than a year after a New Shepard rocket exploded during a test flight in September 2022.  ...

Rocket Lab returned the Electron vehicle to flight on Friday with a successful mission for Japanese company Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc., known as iQPS. This was Rocket Lab’s first...

Orbex has secured another 3.3 million pounds ($4.14 million) in funding, the company announced Dec. 13. The funding is from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as part of the European...

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket won’t debut until early 2024, after it encountered routine issues during the first wet dress rehearsal. ULA announced Thursday that it fixed the issues, ran a...

Rocket Lab has signed a new launch deal in Asia. The company will send an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology...

Momentus said it is unable to confirm the deployment of three out of five satellites launched on the recent SpaceX Transporter-9 mission in November.  Momentus used a third party deployer...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has allocated 820,000 pounds ($1.03 million) to support the development of a new Space Technology Test Centre (STTC) in Wales. The Snowdonia Space Centre secured...

Amazon tapped constellation competitor SpaceX to launch some of its Kuiper satellites. Amazon announced a deal on Dec. 1 for three Falcon 9 launches on Friday, targeted to start in...

U.S. Space Systems Command on Nov. 30 said it is targeting December 10 for the launch of an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, marking the...