Blue Origin has quietly been making progress on its orbital New Glenn vehicle, evident by new hardware and test sightings. This progress has been made alongside the ongoing investigation into an in-flight abort of the fourth suborbital New Shepard mission of the year, which continues to keep that program grounded.
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After a year of solid success with Falcon 9 fairing recovery and reuse, SpaceX has…
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Continuing with their high launch cadence, SpaceX has successfully launched another Falcon 9, this time…
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China tests fairing recovery technologies on Long March 2C launch with four satellites
by Joseph NavinThe China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a Long March/Chang Zheng 2C rocket…
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CommercialSpaceX
SpaceX evolving fairing recovery plans, taking advantage of Octagrabber in pursuit of rapid reusability
SpaceX set a company record with 25 orbital launches in 2020. All but five of…
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China launched the Gaofen-14 surveying and mapping satellite on Saturday. The launch took place at…
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Last Thursday, SpaceX performed its first full-blown fairing recovery test during the Falcon 9 launch…
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SpaceX has launched with the debuting of an upgraded payload fairing for the Falcon 9…
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SLS managers have asked the aerospace industry for information about the potential use of existing…
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Chinese launch cadence accelerates, Tianwen-2 prepares for launch
by Martin SmithThis month has seen the launches of three different commercial Chinese rockets, and the return-to-flight…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX delays start of new Starlink shell; China, Russia also launch
by John SharpThis week, SpaceX was expected to begin building a new shell for its Starlink constellation,…
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Rocket Lab is making rapid progress in its quest to get its medium-lift launcher, Neutron,…
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The SLS program continues with preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon’s vicinity…
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Gilmour Space scrubs Australia’s first homegrown orbital launch with Eris rocket
by Martin SmithGilmour Space Technologies has been performing final system checks before launching its homegrown Eris rocket.…
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Launch Roundup: Orbital launches from five countries planned
On the heels of a busy April, activity is ramping up for May with launches…
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SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had…
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The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, launched on Tuesday aboard an Arianespace…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband communications mega-constellation, a future competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink service, has launched…
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Firefly Alpha launches FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission but fails to reach orbit
Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, but the…