Arianespace’s new rocket, the Ariane 6, will make her maiden flight with OneWeb satellites onboard, following a contract announcement on Tuesday. The contract, which includes options for future Ariane 6 launches, will open with the qualification launch of the Ariane 62 version in the latter part of 2020.
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Arianespace’s Soyuz ST-B rocket has launched the first satellites that will act as pathfinders to…
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SpaceX closed out the third quarter of 2023 with its 70th launch of the year.…
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The Soyuz MS-24 mission launched from Site 31/6 in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, flying a crew…
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ChineseOtherSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 2022’s launch count with Starlink Group 6-12; China to launch three missions
The first week of September will see only four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital…
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Following two scrubs, SpaceX launched on the third attempt with a batch of 13 communications…
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ChineseCommercialRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Russia returns to the Moon with Luna 25 mission, Virgin Galactic completes first fully private space tourism flight
It’s a busy week in spaceflight, especially for Russia. The week of Aug. 7 following…
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CommercialOtherSpaceXUncrewed
Launch Roundup: ULA launches Delta IV Heavy; SpaceX launches three missions
In what will be a quiet week for orbital launches, Rocket Lab launched its first…
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SpaceX conducted its third orbital launch this month, as well as the 37th Falcon 9…
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At 21:14 UTC on May 26, a Soyuz 2.1a rocket launched from Site 1S at…
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SpaceX finally launched the Arabsat 7B satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) for Arabsat atop…
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CommercialInternationalISSSpaceX
SpaceX launches Axiom-2, before arriving with four astronauts to the ISS
Axiom Space launched the second-ever all-private crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The international…
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Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA…
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SpaceX launched another batch of 56 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO)…
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SpaceX launched 51 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit on its Starlink Group…
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OtherSpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX surpasses 4,000 Starlink satellites on-orbit with Starlink Group 5-6 launch
Lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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As megaconstellations grow, scientists become concerned with their impacts on astronomy
by Ian AtkinsonSince their initial launch in 2019, SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites have become infamous for photobombing…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation used its PSLV rocket to deploy a pair of Singaporean…
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SpaceX has launched its 23rd mission of 2023 with the company’s Falcon 9 rocket lofting…
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Relativity Space conducted the first flight of its Terran 1 rocket Wednesday. The Good Luck,…