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Delta 4 Heavy launches NRO satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:50 AM ET (1450 GMT)
A Delta 4 Heavy lifted off early Thursday carrying a classified satellite. The rocket lifted off at 5:18 am EDT (0918 GMT) from Cape...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites early Thursday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:19 am...

Intelsat ends merger talks with SES
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:41 AM ET (1441 GMT)
Intelsat has ended merger talks with rival satellite operator SES. The companies had been negotiating a deal for at least three months that would have...

China launches experimental satellite
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:39 AM ET (1439 GMT)
China launched an experimental satellite late Monday. A Long March 6 lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:18 pm EDT (0318...

Firefly Aerospace to buy remaining Virgin Orbit assets
Posted: Sat, Jun 24 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Firefly Aerospace will buy the remaining assets of Virgin Orbit not previously sold in a bankruptcy auction. In court filings last week, the companies said...

ULA conducts Vulcan static fire test
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
United Launch Alliance performed a static-fire test of its Vulcan rocket Wednesday night, one of the final steps before its first launch. The rocket...

Lijian-1 rocket launches 26 satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT)
A Chinese company placed 26 satellites into orbit on a launch Wednesday. A Lijian-1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at...

Dragon cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning after a launch from Florida yesterday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from...

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of next-generation Starlink satellites Sunday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:20 am EDT (1220...

Shenzhou-15 astronauts return to Earth
Posted: Sat, Jun 10 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth June 3 after six months on the Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-15 spacecraft landed in China at 6:...



news in brief
ULA launches second Vulcan Centaur
Posted: Sat, Oct 5 10:06 AM ET (1406 GMT)


Impulse Space raises $150 million
Posted: Sat, Oct 5 9:59 AM ET (1359 GMT)

news links
Tuesday, October 22
Body of missing SpaceX employee found at Boca Chica Beach
KVEO-TV Rio Grande Valley, TX — 5:55 am ET (0955 GMT)
Purdue to host inaugural Space Policy Symposium
Purdue Univ. — 5:53 am ET (0953 GMT)


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