The final flight of Japan’s H-IIA rocket took place on Saturday, carrying the GOSAT-GW environmental research satellite to orbit and ending a career that has spanned 24 years and 50 missions. Liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center occurred on time at 16:33:03 UTC (1:33 AM local time on Sunday), the opening of a 19-minute window.
The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, launched on Tuesday aboard an Arianespace…
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is determined to debut its RFA One rocket by the end…
Testing continues ahead of the first flight of Dream Chaser. The so-called “mini shuttle” will…
After years of development, Blue Origin’s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, successfully launched…
Arianespace completed its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Thursday, Dec. 5, with…
Firefly Aerospace, the decade-old spaceflight company based in Cedar Park, Texas, is now working on…
With flight hardware being tested, recovery rehearsals underway, and production facilities growing, Blue Origin is…
As July turns into August, launch activity will pick up after Falcon 9’s return to…
United Launch Alliance, formed in 2006 to merge the Boeing and Lockheed Martin launch vehicle…
SpaceX continues to break records with its Falcon rockets during 2024 completing to date a…
After six months of preparation following its last flight, Firefly successfully launched the Alpha rocket…
The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 50th Electron rocket June 20 at 2:13 PM EDT (18:13…
Just over a year after the first integrated flight test, SpaceX successfully launched the fourth…
The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
The two elements that will make up the initial Gateway capability for NASA’s Artemis campaign…
A potential new way to travel through space launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from…
China’s upcoming and already operational startup aerospace companies are showing significant progress as of late.…
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully launched Tuesday on its final flight, the…
