Launch industry – Spaceflight Now

January 16, 2022

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[ January 15, 2022 ] Cape Canaveral’s busy January to continue with another Starlink launch Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2022 ] Virgin Orbit celebrates third successful launch in a row Mission Reports
[ January 13, 2022 ] SpaceX launches 105 customer satellites on third Transporter rideshare mission Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2022 ] Live coverage: Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket to deploy seven smallsats in orbit Mission Reports
[ January 13, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 105 satellites Falcon 9

ULA needs commercial customers to close Vulcan rocket business case

April 22, 2015

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

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.