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January 16, 2021

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[ January 16, 2021 ] Live coverage: SLS core stage fueled up before hot fire test Mission Reports
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[ January 15, 2021 ] NASA proceeds with SLS booster stacking in Florida before core stage arrives Mission Reports
[ January 15, 2021 ] NASA’s huge moon rocket faces critical test-firing before first launch Mission Reports
[ January 15, 2021 ] Rocket Lab set to launch super-secret satellite for German company Mission Reports

James Webb, OneWeb highlight Arianespace’s 2021 launch schedule

January 11, 2021

The planned Halloween launch of the James Webb Space Telescope — one of eight Ariane 5 launches left before the rocket’s retirement — and a series of flights to build out OneWeb’s satellite internet network highlight Arianespace’s schedule this year.

Arianespace targets early 2021 for Vega return-to-flight

December 18, 2020

Presenting the results of an inquiry into a European Vega rocket failure last month, officials said Friday that misleading instructions and inadequate preflight checks caused teams to overlook wrongly-installed cables on the launcher’s upper stage steering system. Arianespace aims to resume Vega launches before the end of March.