This past week marked a relatively quiet period for orbital launches, but there was still plenty of movement above Earth — from a new batch of Starlink satellites joining the constellation, to supply missions coming and going from two different space stations.
Here’s your weekly rundown of what moved in orbit and what to watch for in the coming days.
This Launch Roundup has been extended to include the launch of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9…
This week, China has launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station. SpaceX’s Falcon 9…
China conducted the debut flight of an upgraded version of the Chang Zheng 8 medium-lift…
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have rapidly changed what was once believed to be impossible regarding satellite…
With the dust settling following the launches of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and SpaceX’s Starship…
With SpaceX’s successful launch of the Starlink Group 12-6 mission on Tuesday, the curtain came…
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent decision to clear SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for a return…
NASA and SpaceX’s launch of the Crew-9 mission took center stage this week. The launch…
A total of five flights were on the worldwide launch manifest for this week. Most…
Following a busy last two weeks, the pace of the worldwide launch schedule slowed down…
A brand new week of spaceflight is approaching with SpaceX preparing to launch three Starlink…
February started with two Chinese launches. On Feb. 2, a Long March 2C rocket launched…
The week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 10 saw the long-awaited maiden flight of the…
SpaceX had a lighter week of launches, with Rocket Lab, Russia, and China also launching…
This week, SpaceX continued its incredible launch cadence with two more launches of Falcon 9,…
The week of Oct. 23 through Oct. 29 has been a big one for low-Earth…
Another busy period in spaceflight is underway with three Falcon 9 rockets with Starlink payloads…
SpaceX closed out the third quarter of 2023 with its 70th launch of the year.…
