STP-27RD – Spaceflight Now

August 15, 2020

Breaking News

[ August 15, 2020 ] Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket poised for launch from French Guiana today Ariane 5
[ August 14, 2020 ] NASA sets Oct. 23 as target launch date for first operational Crew Dragon mission Falcon 9
[ August 14, 2020 ] Penultimate piece of NASA’s first SLS rocket arrives at Kennedy Space Center Mission Reports
[ August 13, 2020 ] Ariane 5 rocket returns to launch pad for liftoff with commercial satellites Ariane 5
[ August 13, 2020 ] NASA asteroid explorer aces final rehearsal before sampling run Mission Reports

Rocket Lab deploys experimental U.S. military smallsats on first night launch

May 5, 2019

On its first nighttime launch, Rocket Lab’s Electron booster climbed into orbit Sunday from New Zealand with a trio of small U.S. military payloads, demonstrating the privately-developed rocket’s ability to help meet the Air Force’s growing demand for smallsat launches.

Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches three U.S. military smallsats

May 4, 2019

Three experimental satellites sponsored by the U.S. military lifted off on an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s commercial spaceport in New Zealand on Sunday at 0600 GMT (2 a.m. EDT).