Launch

The first Astranis Space Technologies MicroGEO satellite is ready to ship to the launch site after completing final testing, the company announced Wednesday.  Astranis has completed vibration and vibroacoustic tests,...

Skyrora has opened a new rocket engine testing facility in Scotland, the company announced March 15. The site allows Skyrora to concentrate its launch development operations for the purpose of...

Astra Space successfully deployed its first customer payloads on Tuesday, bouncing back after a launch failure last month.  An Astra rocket took off from the Astra Spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska...

Rideshare provider Spaceflight signed a multi-launch agreement with Astra Space, and is targeting the first launch under the agreement on Tuesday. Spaceflight and Astra announced the agreement on Monday, and...

Virgin Orbit will launch the first satellite developed in Wales on the launcher’s first mission out of Spaceport Cornwall in the United Kingdom this summer. Space Forge, which is based...

Smallsat launcher company Astra released an update on its investigation into the Rocket 3.3. launch failure on Feb. 10.  Astra said in a Monday announcement that the payload fairing did...

OneWeb’s board of directors voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Arianespace is suspending Soyuz launches as the companies rejected steep demands from the Russian...

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Thursday morning, as the constellation is getting global attention for providing internet connectivity in the Ukraine.  A Falcon 9 rocket took off...

Update on March 3: OneWeb’s board of directors has voted to suspend all launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the company said in a statement early Thursday. An upcoming...

Rocket Lab is cementing its presence on the East Coast of Virginia, selecting Wallops Island as the launch and landing site for its new reusable Neutron rocket, after a competitive...