WorldView 3 – Spaceflight Now

April 23, 2019

Breaking News

[ April 22, 2019 ] Intelsat declares drifting satellite total loss News
[ April 22, 2019 ] Beidou navigation satellite successfully launched by China Mission Reports
[ April 20, 2019 ] SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon abort engine test Mission Reports
[ April 19, 2019 ] Cygnus supply ship delivers 3.8-ton cargo load to International Space Station Mission Reports
[ April 18, 2019 ] Errant command doomed Israeli moon lander, officials vow to try again 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.