Mission Reports – Page 112

August 18, 2025

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Atlas 5 rocket rolls to launch pad with weather satellite

February 28, 2022 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance rolled out an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Monday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Tuesday afternoon with a NOAA weather satellite destined to cover the Western United States and the Pacific Ocean.

Russia suspends Soyuz launch operations in French Guiana

February 26, 2022 Stephen Clark

Blaming European sanctions enacted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian space agency said Saturday it is recalling dozens of engineers and technicians from French Guiana and suspending Soyuz rocket operations there, grounding a pair of European navigation satellites previously set for launch in early April.

SpaceX deploys another batch of Starlink satellites

February 25, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a batch of 50 more Starlink internet satellites Friday from the Central Coast of California, the company’s second Starlink mission in four days. Two more Starlink launches are scheduled from Florida in the first half of March.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches second Starlink mission this week

February 25, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 50 more Starlink internet satellites, just four days after the previous mission to deploy Starlink payloads. Liftoff occurred at 9:12 a.m. PST (12:12 p.m. EST; 1712 GMT).

Fifty more Starlink satellites ready for launch Friday

February 24, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX will launch another 50 Starlink internet satellites Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, continuing what’s expected to be a cadence of nearly one Falcon 9 launch per month this year at the West Coast spaceport.

Biden announces sanctions targeting Russia’s space program

February 24, 2022 Stephen Clark

President Biden said Thursday the United States is imposing new sanctions against Russia, including measures that will “degrade” the country’s space program, in response to Russian military attacks on Ukraine. So far, operations and training for future missions on the International Space Station are proceeding without interruption, according to NASA.

Rocket Lab to debut new launch pad on next mission

February 23, 2022 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab’s next mission, targeted for no earlier than Feb. 28, will be the first from a new launch pad at the company’s private spaceport in New Zealand, an addition officials said could double the flight rate of Electron launchers. We spoke with Rocket Lab’s founder, Peter Beck, about the new launch pad.

Landsat 9 declared operational, IXPE returns first science imagery

February 23, 2022 Stephen Clark

Two NASA satellites launched late last year are operational and returning imagery — one looking back at planet Earth and another peering into the cosmos in search of new insights into the remnants of dead stars.

NASA says engine controller failure not a roadblock to first SLS test flight

February 22, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA says a faulty memory chip was the cause of a problem that forced technicians to swap out an engine control computer on the first Space Launch System rocket late last year, but the issue is not a constraint for an upcoming SLS fueling test or launch later this spring.

SpaceX adds 46 more satellites to Starlink fleet

February 21, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Cape Canaveral with 46 more satellites for the company’s Starlink broadband network, deploying the payloads in a higher orbit than recent flights after atmospheric drag brought down nearly 40 Starlink spacecraft from the previous mission.