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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Telstar 18 VANTAGE comsat

September 11, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched its 16th mission of the year early Monday, lighting up a nighttime sky with a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver a Canadian-owned commercial communications satellite to orbit.

Arianespace signs Eutelsat as first commercial customer for new Ariane 6 rocket

September 11, 2018 Stephen Clark

Eutelsat is the first commercial company to commit to launching on Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket, under a five-launch agreement announced Monday in conjunction with fresh contracts for Arianespace to haul a French spy satellite and a pair of Indian communications satellites into orbit.

Viasat selects Atlas 5 rocket for broadband satellite launch

September 11, 2018 Stephen Clark

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will send one of Viasat’s next-generation broadband satellites toward geostationary orbit from Cape Canaveral some time between 2020 and 2022, the companies announced Monday.

SpaceX, Telesat achieve repeat success with midnight-hour launch

September 10, 2018 Stephen Clark

For the second time in seven weeks, SpaceX, Telesat and SSL teamed up for a commercial satellite launch from Cape Canaveral early Monday, this time successfully deploying into orbit a high-power telecom payload developed in a joint venture with a Hong Kong-based company.

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Telstar 18 VANTAGE

September 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.

Watch a live view of SpaceX’s launch pad in Florida (members only)

September 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the Falcon 9 rocket on SpaceX’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral as it counts down to liftoff at 11:28 p.m. EDT Sunday (0328 GMT Monday) with the Telstar 18 VANTAGE/APSTAR 5C communications satellite.

China launches satellite to monitor world’s oceans

September 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Chinese marine observation satellite designed to monitor ocean pollution, measure sea temperatures and track ship movements successfully launched Friday on top of a Long March 2C rocket.

JAXA postpones station cargo launch as typhoon threatens Guam tracking site

September 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

A typhoon forecast to move near a ground station in Guam on Monday has forced officials to postpone the launch of a Japanese HTV cargo ship loaded with more than 13,000 pounds of supplies, experiments and a replacement set of batteries for the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 lifts off after weather delay

September 9, 2018 Stephen Clark

A high-throughput communications satellite developed as a joint venture between Telesat and APT Satellite lifted off on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday from Cape Canaveral, following a delay to wait for storms to clear the Florida spaceport.

Dwindling fuel levels and a balky thruster can’t keep Kepler down

September 7, 2018 Stephen Clark

After downloading science data and bypassing a balky thruster, NASA’s Kepler mission has resumed its search for planets around other stars after a two-month pause in observations, but engineers expect the spacecraft to soon run out of fuel.