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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches second Starlink mission this week
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).
VideoRocket Lab to debut new launch pad on next mission
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.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches next batch of Starlink satellites
Forty-six more Starlink internet satellites launched at 9:44 a.m. EST (1444 GMT) Monday from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket's reusable first stage booster completed its 11th flight to space and landed on an offshore drone ship near the Bahamas.
VideoLive coverage: Cygnus cargo ship arrives at International Space Station
Northrop Grumman launched an Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo ship at 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT) Saturday from Wallops Island, Virginia. The mission delivered food, science experiments, supplies, and life support system hardware to the International Space Station, where astronauts used the robotic arm to capture the Cygnus spacecraft at 4:44 a.m. EST (0944 GMT) Monday.
VideoLive coverage: Indian PSLV lifts off with radar imaging satellite
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 7:29 p.m. EST Sunday (0029 GMT Monday) with an Indian radar remote sensing satellite and two rideshare payloads. This was the first flight of an Indian PSLV in nearly a year.
VideoResearch satellites destroyed in Astra rocket failure
Four NASA-funded nanosatellites were lost Thursday when an Astra rocket tumbled out of control minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, the fourth time in five tries that the startup space company has failed to reach orbit.
VideoVideo replay: Elon Musk provides update on SpaceX’s Starship program
Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, presented an update on the company's huge Starship rocket program Thursday night in South Texas.
VideoLive coverage: Soyuz rocket launches more OneWeb satellites
Arianespace's first mission of 2022 launched from French Guiana on Thursday with 34 more satellites for OneWeb's global internet network. A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1:09 p.m. EST (1809 GMT; 3:09 p.m. French Guiana time), heading northbound over the Atlantic Ocean to a polar orbit with the Florida-built OneWeb satellites.
VideoSoyuz launches Russian military spy satellite
A Russian military satellite launched Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket, heading for an unusual orbital altitude of more than 1,200 miles to begin a top secret mission.
VideoLive coverage: Astra rocket fails minutes after liftoff
Astra's Rocket 3.3 vehicle failed to reach orbit after entering a tumble a few minutes after liftoff at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) from Cape Canaveral. Four NASA-sponsored CubeSats were lost in the mishap.