Virgin Orbit attempted to carry out the first satellite launch from the United Kingdom on Monday with the first LauncherOne mission out of Spaceport Cornwall. LauncherOne was dropped from Virgin’s Cosmic Girl carrier aircraft off the coast of Ireland at approximately 23:11 UTC, and flight appeared nominal through stage 2 ignition and fairing separation, although updates from Virgin Orbit during the flight were intermittent.
The launch of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is now targeting December 13,…
Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket made a low-profile launch for the US Space Force…
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base…
Most rocket launches culminate with liquid-fueled upper stage engines turning off at exactly the precise…
It’s one of the most baffling problems in astrophysics. If the solar surface is 5,500℃,…
The Pegasus launch of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite is now set to take…
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft began its next supply run to the International Space Station Monday,…
SpaceX launched a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket Friday, deploying a Dragon spacecraft on the CRS-13…
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has launched a Cygnus spacecraft on Sunday, beginning the company’s CRS-8…
Orbital ATK’s Taurus-XL rocket – now renamed Minotaur-C – returned to flight on Tuesday with…
United Launch Alliance launched its last Atlas V rocket of 2016 Sunday, deploying the EchoStar…
Orbital ATK’s Pegasus rocket finally launched on Thursday, carrying NASA’s CYGNSS environmental research satellite constellation…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a Delta IV rocket on Wednesday evening, carrying the…
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returned to flight in a new configuration on Monday, two years…
SpaceX’s Return To Flight (RTF) milestone remains on track for December, as the Falcon 9…
In an era of new launch system development, Orbital ATK’s Pegasus has shown her staying…
SpaceX made a fourth – and successful – attempt to launch its Falcon 9 v1.1…
SpaceX have enjoyed a huge success via the launch the first flight of its new…
Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the first Cygnus spacecraft Wednesday, beginning a demonstration mission to…
