Firefly Alpha upper stage strands payloads in wrong orbit Posted: Sat, Dec 30 9:48 AM ET (1448 GMT) The upper stage of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket malfunctioned during a launch Dec. 22, placing its payload into the wrong orbit. The Alpha lifted... Chinese astronauts perform spacewalk Posted: Sat, Dec 30 9:43 AM ET (1443 GMT) Two Chinese astronauts performed a spacewalk Dec. 21 to perform repairs to the Tiangong space station. Mission commander Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie wrapped up... Rocket Lab wins large government contract Posted: Sat, Dec 30 9:41 AM ET (1441 GMT) Rocket Lab has won a contract from a U.S. government agency worth up to $515 million for 18 satellites. Rocket Lab disclosed the contract... Intuitive Machines delays first lander mission to February Posted: Sat, Dec 30 9:38 AM ET (1438 GMT) Intuitive Machines says it is delaying the launch of its first lunar lander mission by a month to mid-February. The company said Dec. 19... New Shepard returns to flight Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:16 PM ET (1916 GMT) Blue Origin's New Shepard completed its first suborbital flight in more than 15 months on Tuesday. The vehicle lifted off from the company's... SpaceX launches Starlink satellites Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:07 PM ET (1907 GMT) SpaceX ended an 11-day launch hiatus Monday night. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 11:01 pm EST (0401 GMT Tuesday)... Hyperbola-1 launches smallsat Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:05 PM ET (1905 GMT) A Chinese commercial small launch vehicle launched Sunday. The SQX-1, or Hyperbola-1, rocket from i-Space launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center... Soyuz-2 launches weather satellite Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT) Russia launched a weather satellite Saturday. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:18 am EST (0918 GMT) and placed... China launches large optical satellite to GEO Posted: Thu, Dec 21 2:01 PM ET (1901 GMT) China launched a large optical satellite to geostationary orbit Friday. A Long March 5 rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:... Electron returns to flight with Japanese satellite launch Posted: Sun, Dec 17 10:11 AM ET (1511 GMT) Rocket Lab's Electron returned to flight Thursday night after a launch failure nearly three months ago. The Electron lifted off at 11:05 pm... |
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