Aerospace
This tag is used to mark content that is related to aerospace engineering. A substantive collection of articles can be found here, that discuss the design, development, testing, and operation of aircraft, spacecraft, and other aerospace vehicles.
On the 17th of February, Japan's H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center, in the south of Japan. The rocket was flying in its H3-22S configuration to a sun-synchronous orbit. A few hours after the launch the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced that the launch, payload
Feb 17, 2024 3 mins
Rocket Lab recently performed their forty-third orbital launch attempt with the company's Electron rocket early on the 31st of January. The launch took place from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia peninsula, in New Zealand, carrying four satellites. The mission was called 'Four Of A Kind'
Feb 2, 2024 3 mins
Early on the 23rd of January, CAS Space launched its first mission of the year carrying five satellites atop of its Kinetica-1 rocket. The Kinetica-1 rocket lifted off from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and flew to a sun-synchronous orbit of the Earth. The five satellites
Jan 23, 2024 4 mins
In a SpaceX 'all-hands' meeting posted to X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk, the company's CEO and founder, announced the goals for Starship-Super Heavy's next flight! Flight three of Starship-Super Heavy is likely going to be performed with Ship 28 and Super Heavy Booster 10
Jan 13, 2024 4 mins
Aerospace startup OrienSpace conducted the maiden flight of its Gravity-1 launch vehicle today, the 11th of January. The launch vehicle lifted off from its sea launch platform at 13:30 pm, Beijing Time, off the coast of Haiyang, located in the Shandong province. The Gravity-1 rocket carried three Yunyao-1 weather
Jan 11, 2024 2 mins
At 07:18 am on the 8th of January, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan-Centaur rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, for the first time ever! The rocket delivered Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander to its desired orbit for its trip to
Jan 8, 2024 7 mins
United Launch Alliance recently, on the 5th of January, rolled its Vulcan-Centaur launch vehicle to its launch pad in Florida fully stacked for the first time. Vulcan-Centaur is currently expected to lift off from Space Launch Complex 41, in Cape Canaveral, on the 8th of January no earlier than 07:
Jan 6, 2024 6 mins
2023 has been an amazing year for the aerospace industry, so lets go over the highs and lows of this year, and what to expect in the year to come! SpaceX It has been another insane and record breaking year for SpaceX! In 2023 they reached their all time launch
Jan 3, 2024 19 mins
India kicked off the first launch of 2024 with the launch of a PSLV-DL rocket carrying the XPoSat spacecraft. The rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 09:10 am Indian Standard Time and successfully delivered the XPoSat spacecraft to low Earth orbit. XPoSat, also called X-ray
Jan 1, 2024 3 mins
On the morning of the 29th of December 2023 at 01:07 am, in Greenwich Mean Time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch was for the United States Space Force carrying the X-37B spaceplane, the first time launching on
Dec 29, 2023 4 mins
The space industry is booming like never before and the next 10 years look very promising. In the next decade we will see humanities (inevitable) return to the Moon, more partially reusable rockets, more science missions, more launch providers, tech demos and more ambitious goals. And one launch provider may
Dec 28, 2023 10 mins
Disclaimer: This article is intended to celebrate the record-breaking flight history of B1058. Early in the morning of the 26th of December, in Greenwich Mean Time, SpaceX sadly announced that the record-setting booster B1058 had been lost. In an announcement from SpaceX, the reason for the loss was the following:
Dec 26, 2023 8 mins
United Launch Alliance is currently preparing to launch its Vulcan rocket on its maiden flight currently scheduled for the 8th of January 2024. This flight is also carrying the Astrobotic Peregrine lunar lander for Astrobotic's first lunar landing mission. As of the 20th of December 2023, the Vulcan
Dec 23, 2023 4 mins