China launched the second remote sensing satellite for Venezuela using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle on Monday. This was the first use of the CZ-2 rocket after a mishap occurred in December 2016 with the first Gaojing mission. The failure caused major distruption to the Chinese launch schedule.
A Chinese Long March 2D (Change Zheng 2D) has launched with Venezuela’s VRSS-1 ‘Francisco de…
The ascent threat of ice liberation, as observed on STS-126 and potentially STS-125, will be…
STS-126’s S0007 launch countdown operations have reached another milestone, with the retraction of the Rotating…
Shuttle Discovery continues to have no issues that are a constraint to launch, as she…
A couple of minor processing issues have been cleared with Endeavour, as she continues to…
With less than a day to go before the lift-off of STS-117, Shuttle Atlantis is…
SpaceX leads the launch manifest for the first whole week of October with two Falcon…
As SpaceX prepares for Starship’s Flight 11 in October from Texas, significant progress is being…
Another busy week of launches has arrived, with SpaceX dominating the launch manifest with four…
With Booster 15-2’s static fire out of the way and crews setting up Pad 1(A)…
Two Chinese rockets, a pair of Russian missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, a…
China’s Space Pioneer is preparing for the maiden launch of its Tianlong-3, a vehicle similar…
With 11 launches scheduled worldwide, this week’s launch roundup is among the busiest of 2025…
SpaceX has launched its 250th mission from SLC-40 in Florida this week. The company had…
Several significant missions were scheduled for this week, including the third lunar lander to launch…
This week’s launch manifest is quite diverse, featuring the launches of four different rockets worldwide.…
This week’s schedule has a mix of orbital and suborbital missions launching from seven different…
With SpaceX’s successful launch of the Starlink Group 12-6 mission on Tuesday, the curtain came…
The Artemis II mission, humanity’s first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since…
