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VideoAntares rocket transferred to Virginia launch pad for station resupply flight
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out of its hangar Monday night, riding a self-propelled transporter for a mile-long trip to launch pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, for a predawn liftoff Thursday with a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches six CubeSats and drag sail demo
Rocket Lab's first operational launch took off from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 10:50 p.m. EST Saturday (0350 GMT Sunday). The Electron rocket is carrying six CubeSats and a tech demo payload into orbit for customers in the United States, Australia, and Germany.
VideoLive coverage: Pegasus launch scrubbed, carrier jet returns to Cape Canaveral
NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite was scheduled to launch Wednesday aboard an air-dropped Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket over the Atlantic Ocean, but managers aborted the mission after encountering a technical concern with the rocket following departure from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launcher's L-1011 carrier jet returned to Florida.
VideoChina-France Oceanography Satellite launches on research mission
A joint oceanography research mission developed by Chinese and French scientists launched Monday on top of a Long March 2C rocket from the Jiuquan space center in remote northwestern China.
VideoLive coverage: Japan’s H-2A launches on 40th flight
Flying on its 40th mission, a Japanese H-2A rocket lifted off at 0408 GMT (12:08 a.m. EDT) Monday from the Tanegashima Space Center carrying Japan's GOSAT 2 satellite to measure greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere and the KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite for the United Arab Emirates.
VideoLandSpace falls short of orbit in private Chinese launch attempt
A solid-fueled satellite launcher backed by a Chinese start-up named LandSpace fired away from the Jiuquan space center in the Gobi Desert Saturday on its inaugural flight, but the rocket failed to place its microsatellite payload into orbit.
VideoChinese oceanography satellite launches successfully
China's Haiyang 2B oceanography satellite, the follow-on to a space mission launched seven years ago, lifted off Wednesday from the country's Taiyuan launch base aboard a Long March 4B booster.
VideoLive coverage: Probe heading to Mercury blasts off from French Guiana
The nearly $1.9 billion BepiColombo mission to Mercury jointly developed by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency lifted off Friday night from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Launch occurred at 9:45 p.m. EDT Friday (0145 GMT Saturday).
VideoWatch a live view of the Atlas 5 rocket counting down to liftoff (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the Atlas 5 rocket on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in advance of liftoff with the U.S. Air Force's AEHF 4 communications satellite.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance's 50th mission for the U.S. Air Force lifted off at 12:15 a.m. EDT (0415 GMT) Wednesday. An Atlas 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral with the Air Force's fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite.