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China launches carrier rocket for satellite installation

Mar 23, 2023 (XNA)

The State-owned company said in a release that the solid-propellant rocket blasted off at 5:09 pm from its launch vehicle and then placed four satellites in the...

Benchmark Space Systems fires up metal plasma and bi-prop thruster production

Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)

The bulk of Benchmark's first MPT orders will be delivered this year, signaling intensifying demand for hybrid propulsion capabilities aboard commercial and gov...

China's Long March 11 rocket conducts 16 consecutive successful launches

Mar 21, 2023 (XNA)

A Long March 11 rocket on Wednesday evening sent the Shiyan 19 satellite into space, marking the rocket's 16th successful launch since it was put into service i...

Pale Blue successfully operates its water-based propulsion system in orbit

Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)

Pale Blue's water-based propulsion system aboard "EYE" was launched by SpaceX on January 3rd 2023 and has been currently orbiting earth in LEO. The propulsion s...

World leading propulsion system now integrated onto Australian-made satellite

Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)

This marks the first time the Neumann Drive, whose unique propulsion technology uses solid metallic propellant, has been integrated onto a satellite. The satell...

NASA connects all major structures of Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage

Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)

Located at the bottom of the 212-foot-tall core stage, the engine section is the most complex and intricate part of the rocket stage, helping to power Artemis m...

SpaceX sets a new doubleheader record launch for SES

Mar 18, 2023 (SPX)

A Luxembourg-based telecommunications company, SES S.A., sent two C-band television broadcasting satellites atop a 229-foot-tall (70-meter) SpaceX Falcon 9 rock...

SpaceX lofts SES-18 and 19 C-Bands birds for US coverage

Mar 17, 2023 (SPX)

The two American-made satellites are the fourth and fifth - and final - satellites to be launched as part of SES's C-band transition plan, following the launch ...

Rocket Lab to launch twin satellites for BlackSky from New Zealand

Mar 17, 2023 (SPX)

The mission, named "The Beat Goes On," will launch two of BlackSky's Gen-2 Earth-imaging satellites from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zeal...

Spirit AeroSystems, Astraius join forces to boost UK launch ambitions

Mar 17, 2023 (SPX)

Prestwick Spaceport, a joint partnership between Glasgow Prestwick Airport and South Ayrshire Council, aims to become Europe's premier location for carrying sma...

Rocket Lab launches 34th Electron in second mission from Virginia

Mar 17, 2023 (SPX)

The "Stronger Together" mission lifted off at 22:38 UTC, March 16 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport with...

SpaceX launches Cargo Dragon carrying supplies and experiments to ISS

Mar 15, 2023 (SPX)

The uncrewed Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket is packed with more than 6,000 pounds of fresh food, hardware, and experiments essential for keeping the orbi...

Arianespace inks deal to launch at least two Vega-C rockets

Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)

The first of the two new launches will occur in the last quarter of 2025 from the Kourou space base in French Guiana, Arianespace said in a statement. The contr...

Launch of world's first 3D-printed rocket canceled at last second

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

Engines had begun igniting on the unmanned Terran 1 rocket, built by California aerospace startup Relativity Space, when an "automation" issue caused the compan...

Launch of Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket aborted

Mar 11, 2023 (UPI)

Relativity Space's rocket Terran 1 was left standing on the launch pad after a series of aborts, the company said in a statement on Twitter around 4:34 p.m. EST...

Private firm to launch maiden rocket flight in Spain

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

"This rocket, when it is launched, we Spaniards we will all watch it on television and I know that when, within several weeks MIURA1 will begin its journey, the...

World's first 3D printed rocket set for inaugural flight

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

Liftoff of the rocket, Terran 1, had been scheduled for Wednesday at Cape Canaveral but was postponed at the last minute because of propellant temperature issue...

Japan's new H3 rocket fails during maiden flight

Mar 08, 2023 (UPI)

Liftoff of the Asian nation's new flagship launch vehicle occurred as scheduled at 10:37 a.m., Japanese standard time, from the Tanegashima Space Center, locate...

Rocket Lab announces launch window for second Electron Mission from Virginia

Mar 08, 2023 (SPX)

The mission will be Rocket Lab's second launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility following from the Company's successfu...

Japan H3 rocket fails, destruct command issued

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

The failure is a blow for Japan's space agency JAXA, which has billed the rocket as a flexible and cost-effective new flagship. But the first launch was delayed...