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The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
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Rocket Lab successfully launched its 50th Electron rocket June 20 at 2:13 PM EDT (18:13…
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Just over a year after the first integrated flight test, SpaceX successfully launched the fourth…
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The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
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The two elements that will make up the initial Gateway capability for NASA’s Artemis campaign…
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Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket has successfully launched a mission called “Beginning of the Swarm,” which carried two payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit. One of these payloads is NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), which aims to test a new composite material that can be folded up inside a small CubeSat and still deploy and remain rigid once in space.

Unlike traditional spacecraft and satellites that use chemical or electrical propulsion, the ACS3 solar sail utilizes sunlight and solar wind to propel the spacecraft. The

China’s aerospace industry is making significant progress, with startup companies LandSpace and Deep Blue Aerospace advancing their rocket programs. LandSpace’s ZhuQue-3 rocket is progressing faster than expected, with the first launch scheduled for mid-2025. The rocket’s ability to recover its first stage during the maiden flight and its payload capacity of 18.3 tonnes to low-Earth orbit aim to reduce costs. Deep Blue Aerospace is nearing its first orbital launch with the Xingyun-1 rocket, with

Delta IV Heavy, the United Launch Alliance’s powerful rocket, has embarked on its final mission with the successful launch of the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. This marks the 45th and last flight of the Delta IV, which first flew in 2002 and was developed under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The rocket, which competed with Lockheed Martin’s Atlas rocket, was designed to be modular and capable of flying in different configurations depending on the mission.

SpaceX has successfully launched its Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission, marking the 35th Falcon mission of the year for the company. The mission carried 11 spacecraft for six customers, including a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for South Korea. What makes this mission unique is that it is the first dedicated rideshare flight by SpaceX to a mid-inclination orbit of 45 degrees. Normally, SpaceX’s rideshare missions have focused on polar orbits for global coverage. However, this

SpaceX is set to continue its rapid launch pace in April after a record-breaking 12 Falcon 9 launches in March. The company has several missions planned for the upcoming week, including a Starlink flight and three more Falcon 9 launches. However, the high frequency of SpaceX missions makes them vulnerable to schedule changes when delays occur. A weather delay for the Starlink Group 7-18 mission is expected to impact the Starlink 8-1 launch. On April 1st, SpaceX