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Russian cargo ship launches on flight to space station
Russia launched a Progress supply freighter Tuesday on a two-day trek to the International Space Station to deliver 5,556 pounds of cargo, fuel, water, and nitrogen to the orbiting research laboratory. A Soyuz booster launched the Progress cargo ship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
OneWeb celebrates successful launch on Indian rocket
OneWeb confirmed it established contact with all 36 new satellites launched Saturday on top of India's most powerful rocket, resuming the deployment of the company's fleet of internet relay platforms after suspending launches with Russia earlier this year.
Soyuz rocket launches with demo satellite for Russian internet constellation
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome Saturday with three Gonets data relay payloads and a demonstrator spacecraft for a proposed constellation of Russian broadband internet satellites.
VideoLive coverage: Indian rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites
India's most powerful rocket, the GSLV Mk.3, launched 36 OneWeb internet satellites at 2:37 p.m. EDT (1837 GMT) Saturday. The mission resumed launches for OneWeb after the suspension of flights on Russian Soyuz rockets earlier this year.
OneWeb set to resume launches on Indian rocket
After the suspension of commercial launches on Russia's Soyuz rocket earlier this year, OneWeb is set to resume deploying satellites for its global internet network Saturday with an Indian GSLV Mk.3 launcher, one of five OneWeb missions planned before mid-2023 to finish the company’s first-generation constellation.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures closest views of Europa since 2000
Continuing to gather bonus science data in an extended mission around Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft recorded sharp views of the icy moon Europa Sept. 29 as the solar-powered probe raced by at a relative velocity of nearly 53,000 mph.
VideoAnother batch of Starlink satellites launch from Cape Canaveral
Fifty-four Starlink internet satellites fastened to a Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, continuing SpaceX's deployments for a broadband network reaching into an ever-expanding market linking rural households, ships, commercial airplanes, and Ukrainian military forces in their fight against Russia.
VideoRussia launches three satellite deployment missions in one week
All three of Russia's major rockets -- the Soyuz, Proton, and Angara -- launched last week on missions to deploy a Russian navigation satellite, an Angolan communications spacecraft, and a top secret military spy payload.
Failure of Japan’s Epsilon rocket blamed on attitude control system
Engineers investigating the Oct. 12 launch failure of a Japanese Epsilon rocket have traced the problem to the attitude control system on the second stage, Japan's space agency said Tuesday.
SpaceX launches European TV broadcasting satellite
An Airbus-built communications satellite rocketed into orbit early Saturday from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, bound for a high-altitude perch in geostationary orbit to beam hundreds of TV and radio channels to Eutelsat customers across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.