Launch

SES’s SES-18 and SES-19 satellites have been successfully launched in what it is set to be a busy year of launches for the operator. The satellites, designed and built by...

The surge in demand for smallsat launch raises a number of questions: What’s driving the growth? How do industries that want to get into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) find the right...

SpaceX launched an additional batch of 40 satellites for OneWeb on Thursday, increasing OneWeb’s constellation to 582 satellites. OneWeb is a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity provider and competitor to SpaceX’s...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 will offer launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to four new commercial companies — ABL Space, Stoke Space, Phantom Space,...

The first launch of Japan’s new H3 rocket failed on Tuesday. Japan’s space agency JAXA said in a news dispatch that the mission was terminated via a destruct command.  The...

Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) have concluded the independent inquiry into the failure of the second Vega C launch, reporting March 3 that the second stage Zefiro 40...

Inmarsat’s second I-6 satellite, I-6 F2, is on its way to orbit after a SpaceX launch from Florida on February 17. Inmarsat confirmed post-launch the operator is communicating with the...

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Feb. 16 released two National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 draft Requests for Proposals (RFP) based on a dual-lane acquisition approach...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday that it is proposing a $175,000 fine against SpaceX for not submitting collision analysis trajectory data to the agency...

Virgin Orbit released more details about its January mission from the United Kingdom that failed, reporting that data showed there was a dislodged fuel filter.  Virgin Orbit said a fuel...