Launch industry – Spaceflight Now

July 19, 2025

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[ July 18, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit on Falcon 9 rocket from California Falcon 9
[ July 15, 2025 ] SpaceX launches first of three missions for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation Falcon 9
[ July 15, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ July 14, 2025 ] NASA, SpaceX target July 31 for Crew-11 launch to the ISS Falcon 9
[ July 12, 2025 ] SpaceX launches Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9

ULA needs commercial customers to close Vulcan rocket business case

April 22, 2015 Stephen Clark

United Launch Alliance will need to lure commercial customers to ensure the economic viability of its new Vulcan rocket, which is set to debut in 2019 just as the rate of U.S. military satellite launches is due to take a dip.

2014’s launch tally highest in two decades

January 4, 2015 Stephen Clark

There were more successful space launches in 2014 than in any year since 1992, with Russia, the United States and China responsible for more than 80 percent of global launch activity.