LauncherOne launches seven cubesats
Posted: Sat, Jan 15 10:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
Virgin Orbit placed seven cubesats into orbit Thursday on its third operational LauncherOne mission. The company's 747 carrier aircraft took off from Mojave Air...

SpaceX launches more than 100 smallsats on Falcon 9 rideshare mission
Posted: Sat, Jan 15 10:56 AM ET (1556 GMT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 100 smallsats on a rideshare mission Thursday. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 10:...

Indian government selects new head of ISRO
Posted: Sat, Jan 15 10:43 AM ET (1543 GMT)
The Indian government has selected a new head of its space agency, ISRO. S. Somanath will take over as chairman of ISRO on Friday, succeeding...

Intelsat orders two GEO satellites from Thales Alenia Space
Posted: Sat, Jan 15 10:41 AM ET (1541 GMT)
Intelsat has ordered two new GEO satellites from Thales Alenia Space. The Intelsat 41 and Intelsat 44 satellites, scheduled to enter service in 2025, will...

NASA completes JWST deployments
Posted: Sat, Jan 15 10:38 AM ET (1538 GMT)
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed. The second of two "wings" of the primary mirror locked into position Jan. 8, completing...

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites in first launch of 2022
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 9:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Thursday in the first orbital launch of 2022. The Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center...

Arianespace reports revenue jump in 2021
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 9:10 AM ET (1410 GMT)
Arianespace is heading into the new year planning both for a transition of launch vehicles and a shifting mix of customers. The company announced Thursday...

Angara upper stage reenters
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 9:09 AM ET (1409 GMT)
The upper stage of a failed Angara launch reentered harmlessly Wednesday. The Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron said the Persei upper stage reentered...

SLS rollout delayed to February
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 9:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
The rollout of the first Space Launch System rocket had slipped to the middle of February. NASA said Wednesday that it replaced a controller in...

JWST completes sunshield deployment
Posted: Sat, Jan 8 9:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
NASA celebrated the completed deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield Tuesday. Controllers tensioned the final two layers of the five-layer sunshield...