August 2022 – Page 5 – Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: India’s new smallsat launcher lifts off on first flight

August 7, 2022 Stephen Clark

India’s new rocket, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, lifted off on its first test flight at 11:48 p.m. EDT Saturday (0348 GMT Sunday). The three-stage, low-cost launcher is designed to carry payloads of up to a half-ton into low Earth orbit.

India ready to debut solid-fueled smallsat launcher

August 5, 2022 Stephen Clark

India’s space agency will debut a new Small Satellite Launch Vehicle Saturday, adding a fourth member to the company’s rocket fleet. The SSLV’s test flight will take off from Sriharikota Island on India’s east coast with a small Earth observation satellite and a CubeSat from an Indian startup focused on science education.

Korean moon mission blasts off from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX rocket

August 4, 2022 Stephen Clark

South Korea’s first moon orbiter launched Thursday from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, heading off on a mission to survey potential lunar landing sites and search for water ice hidden inside shadowed craters near the moon’s poles.

Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Korean moon mission

August 4, 2022 Stephen Clark

South Korea’s first mission to the moon lifted off at 7:08 p.m. EDT (2308 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was the second of the day from Florida’s Space Coast, marking the shortest turnaround between launches at Cape Canaveral since 1967.

ULA launches U.S. Space Force’s last SBIRS missile warning satellite

August 4, 2022 Stephen Clark

The departure at dawn of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Thursday sent aloft the U.S. military’s last Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellite, a $1.2 billion mission billed by the Space Force as a stepping stone to a new generation of more sensitive sentinels in the sky.

Blue Origin launches six more passengers to suborbital space

August 4, 2022 Stephen Clark

Blue Origin launched six more people on a quick, 10-minute flight to suborbital space Thursday from West Texas. A popular YouTuber and the first people from Egyptian and Portugal to fly above the internationally-recognized boundary of space were among the commercial passengers.

Rocket Lab launches top secret payload for U.S. spy satellite agency

August 4, 2022 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab launched its third mission in a little more than five weeks Thursday in New Zealand, deploying a small classified payload in orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office and continuing the busiest stretch of missions in the company’s history.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral at dawn

August 4, 2022 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance’s fifth mission of the year lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:29 a.m. EDT (1029 GMT) Thursday. An Atlas 5 rocket launched on a $1.2 billion mission with a U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite.

Cape Canaveral on the cusp of new records amid blistering launch rate

August 3, 2022 Stephen Clark

With two rockets from industry rivals United Launch Alliance and SpaceX ready for liftoff just 12 hours apart Thursday, the Cape Canaveral spaceport is poised to surpass the record for most missions in a year to fly into orbit from its launch pads. The launch day doubleheader would also mark the shortest span between two space launches from Florida’s Space Coast since 1967.

Final SBIRS missile warning satellite ready for launch

August 2, 2022 Stephen Clark

The last in a line of six satellites for the U.S. military’s Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, missile warning program is ready for launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.