Jack C.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has suffered its second anomaly of 2024. In response to this, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has grounded the vehicle and is requiring a mishap investigation. This anomaly occurred during the booster landing of the Starlink Group 8-6 mission, with the satellites successfully

Aug 28, 2024 • 2 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had two orbital launches occur worldwide, one each from both major space powers. News this week had NASA finally deciding how to end the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission, and Rocket Factory Augsburg losing its first flight booster. As always, we&

Aug 25, 2024 • 6 mins

Blue Origin announced on August 23rd that the first launch of New Glenn would occur no earlier than October 13th, 2024. This first launch will be carrying the two ESCAPADE spacecraft, as well as sending them toward Mars! This maiden launch date comes a few years after the company'

Aug 23, 2024 • 3 mins

On the evening of August 19th, Rocket Factory Augsburg was performing a nine-engine static fire on the first-stage of its RFA ONE launch vehicle. However a few seconds into the firing an anomoly occured, leading to the loss of the first-stage. Rocket Factory Augsburg has not yet stated the cause

Aug 20, 2024 • 2 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had eight orbital launches occur worldwide, with Falcon 9 making up half. News this week had another commercial Crew Dragon mission announced, as well as two moves in the military space sector. As always, we'll also look ahead to

Aug 18, 2024 • 6 mins

At 03:47 am Universal Coordinated Time on August 16th, India launched its third development flight for its SSLV launch vehicle. This third, and final, development flight flew from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Atop of SSLV for this launch was the EOS-08 satellite, a small 175.5 kilogram Earth

Aug 16, 2024 • 2 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had four launches occur worldwide, with one launch starting work on a new mega-constellation. News this week had Rocket Lab fire up a new engine, and NASA weighing its options for Starliner's crew. As always, we'll also

Aug 11, 2024 • 7 mins

At 14:42 pm China Standard Time, or 06:42 am Universal Coordinated Time, on August 6th, the first batch of satellites for the Shanghai-backed Qianfan mega-constellation was sent skyward! This first batch of 18 satellites were sent to a polar orbit atop of a Long March 6A from the

Aug 6, 2024 • 3 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had six launches occur, with half being performed by Falcon 9. News this week had two International Space Station-related crew announcements, and SpaceX unveil its newest iteration of the Raptor engine. As always, we'll also look ahead to what

Aug 4, 2024 • 6 mins

CAS Space is one of China's many commercial launch providers, and it currently operates one of the most capable launch vehicles available in the Chinese commercial launch market. However, outside of aerospace enthusiast circles, CAS Space remains somewhat unknown in the West. So who is CAS Space? and

Aug 2, 2024 • 7 mins

Welcome to our tenth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. July has been less busy on the launch front, but the space industry has kept up speed anyway, so let&

Aug 1, 2024 • 11 mins

Falcon 9 returned to flight on July 27th at 05:45 am, Universal Coordinated Time, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. The launch vehicle had been grounded for approximately fifteen days after a second-stage failure. This return-to-flight mission carried twenty-three Starlink satellites atop of the vehicle. SpaceX's decision

Jul 29, 2024 • 2 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week once again had one orbital launch occur, this one however was a return to flight mission. News from this week had, Sierra Space burst a space station module, SpaceX win another launch contract, and a change in Dragon recovery operations. As

Jul 28, 2024 • 5 mins