AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 Test Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral for Upcoming Launch
AST SpaceMobile plans BlueWalker 3 direct-to-cell connectivity testing from space with mobile network operators on six continents AST SpaceMobile, Inc. today announced that its BlueWalker 3 test satellite (BW3) has arrived at Cape Canaveral. The satellite recently departed an off-site testing facility in California after collecting flight data for the upcoming planned launch to low […]
Blue Origin Successfully Completes 22nd Mission to Space
Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its sixth human spaceflight and the 22nd flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Coby Cotton, Mário Ferreira, Vanessa O’Brien, Clint Kelly III, Sara Sabry, and Steve Young. The crew achieved three historic firsts: Sara Sabry became the first person from Egypt to fly to space. […]
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Second of Two Back-to-Back National Reconnaissance Office Missions
Rocket Lab USA has successfully launched its second of two back-to-back national security missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The NROL-199 “Antipodean Adventure” mission launched on the Electron rocket from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 05:00 UTC, August 4, 2022 carrying a payload designed, built, and operated by the NRO […]
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX to Launch Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, August 4th, at 7:08 p.m. ET
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, August 4 for launch of KPLO to a ballistic lunar transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:08 p.m. ET (23:08 UTC), and a backup launch opportunity is available on Friday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. […]
Launch Alert: Blue Origin New Shepard (NS-22). Watch Here Live on August 4 at 8:30 a.m. CDT
NS-22 is Go for Launch After completion of the Launch Readiness Evaluation this morning, the New Shepard Operations and Maintenance team has given the “Go” to proceed to launch tomorrow, August 4. The NS-22 launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. CDT / 13:30 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas with live coverage beginning […]
Rocket Lab Readies National Security Launch for National Reconnaissance Office
Rocket Lab today confirmed that the second of two back-to-back national security launches for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been scheduled for August 2 UTC. The NROL-199 (“Antipodean Adventure”) mission is scheduled to lift off from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 during a launch window opening on August 2, 05:00 UTC. […]
Vega-C Successfully Completes Inaugural Flight
ESA’s new Vega-C rocket has completed its inaugural flight, placing main payload LARES-2 – a scientific mission of the Italian Space Agency ASI – into its planned orbit. Six research CubeSats from France, Italy and Slovenia flew as secondary payloads. The launch caps a multi-year effort by ESA, prime contractor Avio and industrial partners in […]
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First of Two Responsive Space Missions for the National Reconnaissance Office
Rocket Lab successfully launched the first of two responsive space missions for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Following lift-off of NROL-162 (“Wise One Looks Ahead”) from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 at 06:30 UTC, July 13, 2022, Electron successfully delivered the NRO’s national security payload to space. In partnership with the Australian […]
Rocket Lab On Track to Launch National Security Mission for National Reconnaissance Office
Rocket Lab USA’s Electron launch vehicle is on the launch pad and ready for lift-off with a national security mission for the United States Government’s National Reconnaissance Office. Scheduled to launch from Pad A at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 during a launch window opening on July 12 at 05:00 UTC, the NROL-162 / “Wise […]
SES’s C-band Satellite Successfully Launched Onboard SpaceX Rocket
SES announced today that the SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 5:04 pm local time. The first of SES’s C-band satellites dedicated to freeing up the lower 300 MHz of C-band […]
