Planet Labs Inc. has announced they will launch six SkySat satellites, SkySats 16-21, on Falcon 9 rockets as rideshare missions on two Starlink launches. These six satellites will help provide Planet with more imaging coverage to complement the 15 other SkySat satellites, SkySat 1-15, in Sun-Synchronous Orbits (SSO).
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Orbital ATK’s Taurus-XL rocket – now renamed Minotaur-C – returned to flight on Tuesday with…
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Arianespace were in action on Thursday, with the launch of a Vega rocket from the…
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SpaceX has conducted its second orbital launch of the year, named Transporter-3. The liftoff occurred…
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CommercialUncrewed
ABL Space Systems joining smallsat launch market with growing number of contracts
Another smallsat launch provider is looking to debut in 2021, entering a busy market of…
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SpaceX has broken another reuse record on the Starlink v1.0 L10 mission. For the first…
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SpaceX has launched their ninth launch of operational Starlink satellites, along with two satellites for…
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CommercialSpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX launches first Starlink rideshare mission with Planet Labs
by Tyler GrayAs SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch…
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EuropeanUncrewed
Arianespace return to Vega launch preparations following two month pause
by Lee KanayamaArianespace has resumed the launch campaign for the Vega’s return to flight. After being on…
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SpaceX will for the first time launch a Falcon 9 booster on its third flight…
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With over 200 Earth observation satellites, Planet Labs now operates the largest satellite constellation in…
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SpaceX completed a Static Fire test at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday. The test,…
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Gearing up for their second Vandenberg flight in as many months, SpaceX has static fired…
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An Indian (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) has deployed twenty satellites – including its…
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A Russian Soyuz 2-1B rocket has successfully launched the Meteor M2 satellite along with a…
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Kosmotras launched a Dnepr rocket from Dombarovsky on Thursday, carrying the United Arab Emirates’ DubaiSat-2,…