First 'Block 3' Starship-Super Heavy Flight Set for May 19th
SpaceX has recently shared via social media and its website that Starship-Super Heavy's twelfth flight tests, the first with a '
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Second Four Booster Ariane 6 Mission Delivers Eleventh Set of Amazon Leo Satellites
For the second time this week, Amazon's Leo internet connectivity satellites departed Earth, with a liftoff from the Guiana Space Centre at
Falcon Heavy Returns Carrying Third ViaSat-3 Communications Satellite
Having waited over eighteen months for another payload, Falcon Heavy carried a new communications satellite on behalf of Viasat yesterday to expand its geostationary
Amazon Leo's Tenth Group Deployed to Conclude First Year of Launches
Several hours early of being exactly a year on from its first deployment, Amazon's Leo space-based internet constellation had its tenth
New Glenn Successfully Reuses First-Stage, Deviates in Orbit During Third Mission
Blue Origin has launched its third New Glenn mission, reusing first-stage booster 'Never Tell Me The Odds', but underperforming on customer
SpaceX Nearing First Flight of 'Block 3' Starship-Super Heavy
Six months ago, SpaceX flew its final 'Block 2' Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle, concluding test flights in 2025 with two successes
Ninth Group of Amazon Leo Satellites Delivered by Atlas V
Amazon's ninth group of Leo satellites, with its largest to date out of Florida, blasted off on April 4th, at 05:46
Firefly's Alpha Rocket Reaches Orbit for First Time Since 2024
At 05:00 am Universal Coordinated Time on March 12th, Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2W, at
Japan's KAIROS Fails to See Space for Third Time With Another Failure
KAIROS, a privately developed launch vehicle from Japan's Space One, performed its third flight on March 5th, blasting off at 02:00
Rocket Lab Just Threw Something Very Pointy Into the Atlantic
Out of Wallops, Virginia, Rocket Lab launched its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) rocket at midnight on February 28th, with the payload atop
Orbital Data Center: Innovation, or IPO Theater?
With the boom in AI and the rapid rise in demand of data centers, companies are starting to look to the heavens as the future haven of computation.
First Four-Booster Ariane 6 Leaps Into Orbit Carrying Eighth Set of Amazon Leo Satellites
Amazon's eighth group of Leo internet connectivity satellites, with 32 onboard, were carried into orbit by an Ariane 6 taking off from