The eighth and final Iridium NEXT launch – that was conducted on Friday – will bring to fruition a near 12-year campaign to replace and upgrade the Iridium communications network in Earth orbit.
Iridium NEXT-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Liftoff took place during a single-second, instantaneous window of 07:31:33 PST (10:31:33 EST; 1531:33 UTC) on Friday, 11 January 2019.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon capsule which will execute the Demonstration Mission-1 (DM-1)…
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Rideshare launch provider “Spaceflight” has announced 12 of it customer satellites have been shipped out…
After working through a few technical difficulties, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems was ready to launch…
Rocket Lab has confirmed its return to launch action in November, with a realigned attempt…
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U.S.-based company Rocket Lab has announced the selection of Wallops at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport…
With a successful test flight of the reusable SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE) sounding…
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has won a major contract from the U.S. Air Force to…
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SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket conducted its Static Fire test on Tuesday, ahead of is…