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August 31, 2026

Breaking News

[ August 29, 2026 ] Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next ‘great observatory,’ poised for Sunday launch Falcon Heavy
[ August 25, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Falcon 9
[ August 24, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission on a Falcon booster’s record-breaking 37th flight Falcon 9
[ August 21, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 100th orbital mission of 2026 Falcon 9
[ August 20, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral following last-minute scrub Falcon 9

Indian rocket launches three satellites for Singapore

June 30, 2022 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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 Stephen Clark

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.

SpaceX mission this week to kick off busy launch calendar for SES

June 28, 2022 Stephen Clark

A new European-built television broadcasting satellite to cover the United States is set for liftoff Wednesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the first of 11 SES-owned telecom spacecraft scheduled to fly on six launches from Cape Canaveral by the end of the year.

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship departs space station

June 28, 2022 Stephen Clark

A commercial Cygnus supply ship from Northrop Grumman departed the International Space Station Tuesday, completing a four-month stay after delivering more than 8,000 pounds of cargo and boosting the research lab into a slightly higher orbit. The Cygnus spacecraft was expected to deploy a CubeSat before heading for a destructive re-entry.