Spacety – Spaceflight Now

June 17, 2019

Breaking News

[ June 14, 2019 ] Proton rocket, Russian-German astronomy satellite arrive at launch pad Mission Reports
[ June 14, 2019 ] Bigelow announces plans for private astronaut flights to space station News
[ June 12, 2019 ] Three Canadian radar surveillance satellites ride SpaceX rocket into orbit Falcon 9
[ June 12, 2019 ] Timeline of the Falcon 9 rocket’s launch of the Radarsat Constellation Mission Falcon 9
[ June 12, 2019 ] Photos: Radarsat satellites encapsulated in Falcon 9 payload fairing Falcon 9

China’s first sea launch declared a success

June 5, 2019

A solid-fueled Long March 11 rocket fired out of a container aboard a barge in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday with seven satellites heading into orbit on China’s first space launch from an ocean vessel.

China’s Long March 11 rocket lofts Earth-imaging and tech demo satellites

January 22, 2019

China’s second space launch of the year released four satellites into orbits more than 300 miles in altitude, adding two spacecraft to the Chinese-owned Jilin 1 commercial Earth-imaging constellation and deploying two smallsats on tech demo missions.