As SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit, along with 3 small satellites provided by Planet Labs Inc. The mission launched on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday morning at 5:21 am Eastern time (09:21 UTC).
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Planet Labs Inc. has announced they will launch six SkySat satellites, SkySats 16-21, on Falcon…
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With over 200 Earth observation satellites, Planet Labs now operates the largest satellite constellation in…
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Rocket Lab launched their fifth Electron mission of 2020 — a rideshare for Planet Labs…
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Next month, SpaceX is set to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is…
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SpaceX continues to make rapid progress on its Starship program infrastructure, with significant developments at…
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SpaceX launched 140 commercial payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit on its sixth rideshare mission of the…
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Launch Roundup: Starship and multiple Falcon 9 launches planned
by Aaron McCreaSeven launches are scheduled this week by SpaceX and CSNA. CSNA will kick off the…
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North Korea’s Chollima-1 rocket fails to reach orbit, debris recovered by South Korea
North Korea has carried out its first satellite launch attempt in seven years, with a…
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Smallsat launch startup Astra Space has now joined the short list of companies with a…
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To the Final Frontier: NS-18 shepherds William Shatner, three others to edge of space
Blue Origin flew their second crewed suborbital tourism flight on their New Shepard capsule and…
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Continuing the iterative path toward reaching orbit, Astra attempted its third orbital launch on Aug.…
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After a lengthy grounding following a failed launch in July 2019, the closure of the…
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SpaceX has broken another reuse record on the Starlink v1.0 L10 mission. For the first…
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Nearly three weeks after the last flight of Rocket Lab’s workhorse Electron rocket, the California-based…
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Arianespace return to Vega launch preparations following two month pause
by Lee KanayamaArianespace has resumed the launch campaign for the Vega’s return to flight. After being on…
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Arianespace’s Vega rocket is on track to conduct its Return To Flight (RTF) mission in…
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India deployed the first in a new generation of remote sensing satellites Wednesday, via its…
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Rocket Lab launches STP-27RD test satellite trio for the DoD
by Ian AtkinsonRocket Lab launched their Electron rocket for its second launch of 2019. In its sixth…
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India has deployed its EMISAT intelligence-gathering satellite Monday via a PSLV launch from the Satish…