June 2022 – Spaceflight Now

Atlas 5 launch scrubbed due to stormy weather

June 30, 2022

Officials scrubbed the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket for the U.S. Space Force Thursday due to the risk of lightning from nearby thunderstorms, delaying the liftoff of the $1.1 billon mission until Friday evening.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with experimental military payloads

June 30, 2022

Dodging stormy weather in Central Florida, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT) Friday, carrying two experimental satellites for the U.S. Space Force on a six-hour climb toward geosynchronous orbit.

Indian rocket launches three satellites for Singapore

June 30, 2022

Three Singaporean satellites lifted off Thursday on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and rocketed into an orbit more than 350 miles above Earth to begin missions supporting military surveillance, technology demonstrations, and solar research.

Live coverage: India’s 55th PSLV mission declared a success

June 30, 2022

Three satellites from Singapore rode an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into orbit Thursday. Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Center occurred at 8:32 a.m. EDT (1232 GMT).

Live coverage: Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket fires into orbit

June 29, 2022

Virgin Orbit’s fifth LauncherOne rocket mission began with release from the company’s Boeing 747 carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean at 11:53 p.m. PDT Friday (2:53 a.m. EDT; 0653 GMT Saturday). The air-launched rocket is carrying seven small CubeSat payloads into orbit for the U.S. military and NASA.

SpaceX closes out first half of 2022 with on-target launch for SES

June 29, 2022

SpaceX closed out the first half of 2022 on Wednesday with its 27th mission of the year, powering a commercial television broadcasting satellite into orbit for SES on a Falcon 9 rocket as the company is poised to break its annual launch record in the coming weeks.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches SES broadcasting satellite

June 29, 2022

SpaceX launched a television broadcasting satellite Wednesday for SES, with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral occurring at 5:04 p.m. EDT (2104 GMT). The Falcon 9 booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Virgin Orbit ready for first night launch on Space Force mission

June 29, 2022

The first nighttime flight of Virgin Orbit’s commercial air-launched rocket is on track for this week off the coast of California, carrying seven small satellites into orbit on a mission for the U.S. military’s Space Test Program.

ULA rolls Atlas 5 rocket to launch pad at Cape Canaveral

June 29, 2022

United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral rolled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad Wednesday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Thursday evening with a pair of geostationary satellites for the U.S. Space Force.

CubeSat launches on scouting mission for NASA’s Artemis moon program

June 28, 2022

NASA’s $30 million CAPSTONE mission lifted off Tuesday on a Rocket Lab launcher from New Zealand, heading on a circuitous but fuel-efficient four-month journey into a halo orbit around the moon to test navigation and operations concepts for the Artemis program.