Launch

SpaceX delivered 72 spacecraft to orbit on Monday in the Transporter-8 launch, its eighth mission in its dedicated smallsat rideshare program. The Falcon 9 mission launched from Space Launch Complex...

Orbex and Arianespace have formed a new partnership as the two launch providers look at how possible future co-operation between the two companies could help their respective customer requirements. The...

Firefly Aerospace is acquiring smallsat rideshare company Spaceflight for an undisclosed amount, and will end Spaceflight’s rideshare business after its current contracts. The company announced the deal last week on...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — six for each provider — under the fiscal...

SpaceX launched Arabsat’s Badr-8 telecommunications satellite in a Falcon 9 mission over the weekend from Cape Canaveral. Manufacturer Airbus confirmed the satellite is now on its way to its final...

It could be another two to three years before another rocket launches from Spaceport Cornwall after the failed Virgin Orbit mission, says outgoing leader Melissa Quinn, who recently announced she...

The past few years has seen an upsurge in activity in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), led by megaconstellations of broadband satellites from SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb, followed by flocks of Earth...

Rocket Lab, Launcher, and Stratolaunch have won bids to purchase assets from Virgin Orbit, according to bankruptcy filings released Tuesday. The auction took place on May 22, and the sale...

SpaceX’s Saturday launch lofted satellites for both Iridium and OneWeb. The mission deployed five spare satellites for Iridium’s Low-Earth Orbit constellation, and 19 more OneWeb satellites.  Both operators confirmed post-launch...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in April proposed new legislative authorities that would allow it to begin charging commercial launch providers additional costs for the use of its spaceports...