A rededication and ribbon cutting ceremony has taken place at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) to reopen the dual use commercial spaceport after a devastating launch failure in 2014. The failure of the STARS-IV missile resulted in heavy damage to the Integration Processing Facility (IPF) and launch pads 1 and 2.
Rocket Lab, which has operated its Electron small-satellite launcher successfully from New Zealand since 2017,…
ABL Space Systems (ABL) has launched the debut flight of the RS1 launch vehicle on…
Virgin Orbit attempted to carry out the first satellite launch from the United Kingdom on…
The first of three flights to launch the TROPICS satellites for NASA lifted off on…
Rocket 3.3, the first Astra rocket to successfully launch to orbit, has successfully returned to…
Astra has launched the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA, the company’s first flight from Space…
Smallsat launch startup Astra Space has now joined the short list of companies with a…
In recent months, the United Kingdom’s endeavor to tap into a rapidly-growing market of commercial…
During October 2021’s Small Payload Ride Share Association Symposium, a collection of small satellite launch…
Astra has completed the investigation into the terminated launch of LV0006 in August 2021. A…
On October 2, 2021, all actively operating spacecraft at Mars ceased major communication with Earth…
Continuing the iterative path toward reaching orbit, Astra attempted its third orbital launch on Aug.…
In December 2020, Astra launched Rocket 3.2 to space. The successor, Rocket 3.3, will make…
Another smallsat launch provider is looking to debut in 2021, entering a busy market of…
Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements…
Commercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market: suborbital flights from one place…
Just three months after their first try at reaching orbit fell short, Astra returned to…
Teams in Alaska supported the launch of Astra’s first orbital test flight, featuring the company’s…
For the first time in its 10-year flight history, the Minotaur IV rocket is preparing…
