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ULA’s next launch for Space Force is less than a week away
United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral are in the final week of preparations for the next flight of an Atlas 5 rocket, set for liftoff with two U.S. military technology demonstration satellites June 30, a one-day delay after bad weather held up launch processing.
Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Malaysia and India
Two multi-ton geostationary communications satellites for Malaysian and Indian operators launched on a European heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday from French Guiana, leaving four Ariane 5s left to fly before retirement.
NASA not planning another Artemis 1 countdown dress rehearsal
Forgoing another countdown rehearsal, NASA plans to return the first Space Launch System rocket to its assembly hangar at the Kennedy Space Center next week for a hydrogen leak repair and continued preparations for liftoff on the Artemis 1 moon mission.
VideoLive coverage: Ariane 5 launches from French Guiana with two satellites
A European Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:50 p.m. EDT (2150 GMT) Wednesday with the Malaysian MEASAT 3d communications satellite and India's GSAT 24 television broadcast spacecraft. This mission marked the Ariane 5 flight in six months.
Arianespace preps for first Ariane 5 launch of the year
Two geostationary communications satellites for India's space agency and a Malaysian company will rocket into orbit from the jungle of South America on Wednesday on a European-built Ariane 5 launcher.
VideoSouth Korea’s all-domestic satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time
South Korea's space agency said Tuesday that the country's 15-story-tall Nuri launcher successfully reached orbit for the first time, giving the nation a fully domestic satellite launch capability after a $1.5 billion development program lasting more than a decade.
NASA’s Artemis moon rocket fully fueled for first time in practice countdown
NASA loaded more than three-quarters of a million gallons of super-cold propellant into the first Space Launch System moon rocket Monday in Florida, achieving key milestones in a practice countdown but falling short of all the test objectives after discovering a new hydrogen leak.
VideoLive coverage: NASA runs another countdown rehearsal for SLS moon rocket
NASA ran through a countdown rehearsal for the Space Launch System moon rocket Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch team loaded more than 750,000 gallons of super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the more than 30-story-tall rocket, a key test before a demonstration flight later this year.
SpaceX launches third Falcon 9 rocket in less than two days
SpaceX hauled a Globalstar communications satellite into orbit early Sunday from Cape Canaveral, pulling off the third Falcon 9 rocket flight in 36 hours, the fastest sequence of three missions by any commercial launch company in history.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches Globalstar satellite from Florida
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:27 a.m. EDT (0427 GMT) Sunday with the Globalstar FM15 satellite, a spare spacecraft for Globalstar's commercial voice and data relay constellation.