Rocket Lab's Neutron Rocket Likely Pushed to 2027
Rocket Lab has signaled to investors that a 2026 debut for its Neutron medium-lift rocket is increasingly unlikely. Yet Kepler Communication…
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SpaceX fires off back-to-back Starlink missions in under 48 hours
With its 72nd and 73rd Starlink flights of the year launched within 48 hours from two separate pads, SpaceX is sustaining a launch tempo tha…
Blue Origin to hot-fire New Glenn upper stage at Stennis
Blue Origin has finalized an agreement with NASA to hot-fire test New Glenn's second stage on the B-2 stand at Stennis Space Center, keeping…
Gravity-1 completes third sea launch, deploying nine satellites
Chinese launch startup Orienspace successfully flew its Gravity-1 solid rocket for the third time from a sea platform near Shanghai, deliver…
MRV-1 Launches to Breathe New Life into Aging Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carried Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle into orbit on July 21, kicking off an ambitious, DARPA-backed program t…
SpaceX Keeps Flying as Starship Flight 13 Awaits Its Next Window
SpaceX logged its 85th Falcon 9 launch of the year from Vandenberg while crews worked to reschedule Starship Flight 13 following a late abor…
MRV-1 Heads to Orbit to Redefine Satellite Servicing in GEO
Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle is set to demonstrate that satellites in geosynchronous orbit can be repaired and maintained from…
SpaceX keeps launching while Starship awaits its next attempt
SpaceX's 85th Falcon 9 launch of 2026 carried 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, while teams at Boca Chica work toward…
Starship Flight 13 may close the book on suborbital testing
SpaceX's thirteenth Starship-Super Heavy flight carries an operational payload for the first time — a batch of Starlink V3 satellites — whil…
China Catches Its First Booster and Bets on Long March 10C
Chinarocket Co. achieved China's first-ever booster catch during the Long March 10B's maiden flight. Beijing is now moving fast, designating…
China Recovers an Orbital Booster with Long March 10B
With the successful recovery of its Long March 10B first stage, China has cleared a major technical hurdle in the race for reusable launch v…
Satellites in orbit are the easy part
AST SpaceMobile keeps adding BlueBird satellites to low Earth orbit in its push for space-based cellular broadband. Yet industry insiders in…
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