Following an extremely eventful week in Spaceflight, this week was expected to be a return to “business as usual”, with two SpaceX Starlink missions, one each from Vandenberg and Florida, and a Falcon 9 launching a customer satellite making up the launch manifest for the week. Unfortunately, the weather led to delays and cancellations, and a rare technical issue on a Falcon 9 canceled the remaining launch, resulting in a week in which there were no orbital launches.
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ArtemisUncrewed
Initial Gateway elements beginning systems integration while NASA works on a launch date
by Philip SlossThe two elements that will make up the initial Gateway capability for NASA’s Artemis campaign…
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ArtemisInternational
Artemis II crew visits Bremen, as Germany signs the Artemis Accords
by Adrian BeilESA and Airbus, in coordination with NASA, hosted an Artemis II media event at the…
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The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
Goodbye to the Ariane 5, the ‘Swiss Knife’ of Europe’s launch industry
The Ariane 5 flew for the very last time on Wednesday, July 5, sending government…
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Europe has just completed the first successful hot-fire test of its reusable Prometheus engine integrated…
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The second private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a close…
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ArtemisEuropeanInternational
ESA’s David Parker updates status of Orion service modules and European astronauts for Artemis
by Adrian BeilAirbus and ESA invited media for the Moon Media Day to show and talk about…
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Northrop Grumman launched the second to last Antares 230+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia for…
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The Eutelsat Hotbird-13F geostationary communications satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 out of Cape…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the dual-manifested SES-20 & 21 telecommunication satellites on the…
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Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket returned to action on September 7, deploying a high-power communications satellite…
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ArtemisEuropeanInternational
Airbus highlights European Service Module work for Artemis
by Adrian BeilSLS is nearing its debut flight, with the Artemis I launch window opening this Monday…
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SpaceX has launched the SES-22 communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit on the 27th Falcon…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
Euclid moving into final phase of testing following integration milestone
by Lee KanayamaThe European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid space telescope has moved closer to launch after prime…
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EuropeanInternationalSpaceXUncrewed
Falcon 9 finally launches with Italian CSG-2 Earth observation satellite
The Italian Space Agency’s CSG-2 mission, the second satellite in its COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation,…
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EuropeanInternationalUncrewed
NASA and CNES to begin SWOT testing as its launch date approaches
by Lee KanayamaWith less than one year to launch, France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and NASA…
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CommercialISS
Mike Suffredini talks Axiom module additions to ISS, ensuring no gap in LEO station access
It is a lesson the U.S. space program has had to learn many times over:…
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EuropeanInternationalOtherUncrewed
Ariane 5 launches civilian, military satellites; mission to clear way for James Webb launch
In an important prelude to the James Webb Space Telescope launch, planned for no earlier…
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EuropeanInternationalMarsOtherRussian
ExoMars 2022 mission in final testing, ESA & Roscosmos prepare for approaching launch
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos are preparing for the 2022 launch of the…