WorldView 3 – Spaceflight Now

February 16, 2019

Breaking News

[ February 15, 2019 ] SpaceX files protest of NASA’s Lucy launch contract awarded to ULA Atlas 5
[ February 15, 2019 ] Experimental British satellite tests harpoon in orbit Mission Reports
[ February 14, 2019 ] NASA selects mission to probe the history of galaxies Mission Reports
[ February 13, 2019 ] NASA declares Opportunity rover dead after 15 years on Mars Mission Reports
[ February 13, 2019 ] CubeSat deployed from space station to test sample return technology Mission Reports

Second Iranian satellite launch attempt in a month fails

February 11, 2019

Iran’s second try in less than a month to send a satellite into orbit apparently failed shortly after liftoff from a remote desert launch pad under daily surveillance from a fleet of commercial imaging spacecraft, according to U.S. government officials and independent analysts.

Destructive Canadian wildfire sighted from space

May 9, 2016

Satellites sailing hundreds of miles over a destructive wildfire ravaging the northern Alberta town of Fort McMurray have returning stunning images illustrating the extent of the blaze that has displaced tens of thousands of people.