HEAD Aerospace – Spaceflight Now

May 22, 2022

Breaking News

[ May 21, 2022 ] Boeing’s Starliner capsule completes first “nail-biting” docking at space station Mission Reports
[ May 20, 2022 ] Live coverage: Boeing’s Starliner docks at International Space Station Mission Reports
[ May 19, 2022 ] Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule takes off on long-awaited test flight Atlas 5
[ May 19, 2022 ] Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket sends Starliner toward space station Atlas 5
[ May 18, 2022 ] Atlas 5 rocket and Starliner capsule return to Florida launch pad Atlas 5

China launches Earth observation satellite

June 17, 2020

A Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite and two secondary payloads launched Wednesday aboard a Chinese Long March 2D rocket.

Two Chinese launches deploy satellites for Earth-imaging, tech demonstrations

June 1, 2020

Two launches of Chinese rockets Friday and Sunday successfully placed Earth-imaging and technology demonstration satellites into orbit. The two missions, which took off from different spaceports, flew board Long March 11 and Long March 2D rockets.

China launches two Kuaizhou rockets in six hours

December 7, 2019

Two solid-fueled Kuaizhou 1A rockets fired into orbit from the same spaceport in northern China Saturday, demonstrating a further advance in China’s aim for a quick-response, on-call satellite launch capability.