Live coverage: Japan’s H-2A rocket blasts off on first commercial flight

An Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo ship has exploded moments after lift off from Wallops Island, Virginia.

Government enterprises in Australia and Argentina will get a boost Wednesday with the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana with two communications satellites.

Sixty more SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites rocketed into orbit Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center, breaking a streak canceled launch attempts at the Florida spaceport in recent weeks and nudging the Starlink network closer to reaching a wider population.