HEAD Aerospace – Spaceflight Now

July 8, 2020

Breaking News

[ July 8, 2020 ] Live coverage: SpaceX poised for midday launch from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ July 7, 2020 ] SpaceX’s next batch of Starlink satellites back on the launch pad Falcon 9
[ July 7, 2020 ] Three U.S.-built satellites in French Guiana for Ariane 5 launch Ariane 5
[ July 7, 2020 ] Behnken describes spacewalk views of Crew Dragon as “just awesome” Falcon 9
[ July 6, 2020 ] Argentine team returns to Florida to prep radar satellite for late July launch Falcon 9

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.