Aerospace

In the past week, five rockets have blasted off from China's various launch sites carrying two dozen satellites into orbit. These launches also bring China's total number of launches this year up to 45! September 19th - Long March 3B/E Beginning the busy week of

Sep 25, 2024 • 6 mins

Blue Origin’s Glenn Stage 2 (GS2) has successfully lit up its dual BE-3U engines for the first time at Launch Complex 36!

Sep 24, 2024 • 2 mins

Falcon 9 has launched its second set of Galileo satellites on behalf of the European Galileo navigation system. This launch occurred from Space Launch Complex 40, in Flordia. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/yG7YajyF2k — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 17, 2024 The previous Galileo launch on Falcon 9 had the launch vehicle flying

Sep 18, 2024 • 4 mins

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

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

One thing is going to space; another is coming back. The art of entering the Earth's atmosphere is something scientists and engineers are still working on perfecting, as temperatures from the hot plasma hitting the vehicle can reach up to 3800°C (7000°F), although in most cases

Aug 17, 2024 • 13 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

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

On July 16th a Long March 12 'simulator' was spotted being transported around the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site (文昌商业航天发射场), in China's southernmost province of Hainan. The simulator of the launch vehicle is believed to be for final 'fit' testing and rehearsals ahead of

Jul 16, 2024 • 3 mins

SpaceX launched what appeared to be a regular Starlink mission atop of Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E, in California, on July 12th at 02:35 Universal Coordinated Time. During the second-stage's ascent to orbit, a build-up of ice was noticed on SpaceX's launch stream.

Jul 12, 2024 • 2 mins

Disclaimer: Launch vehicles that have recently been announced or have had minimal details shared are not included. SpaceX has slashed the cost of sending satellites into orbit since the introduction of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle in 2010. Over its fourteen-year history, Falcon 9 has flown almost 350 times while

Jul 10, 2024 • 8 mins

Europe has finally returned its domestic access to space with the debut launch of Ariane 6 on July 9th. The first Ariane 6 launch vehicle lifted off from Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4 (Ariane Launch Complex 4) located at the Guiana Space Centre, in French Guiana in the north of

Jul 9, 2024 • 5 mins