News Archive / Organizations
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‘Hold hold hold’: NROL-71 mission scrubbed
Derek RichardsonDecember 9th, 2018LOMPOC, Calif. — Just seconds before the planned liftoff of a Delta IV Heavy rocket with the NROL-71 payload, an automatic abort of the launch sequence was triggered.
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CRS-16 Falcon 9 first stage makes unplanned water landing
Michael ColeDecember 5th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After 26 straight successful landings of its Falcon 9 booster, SpaceX experienced a landing failure amidst an otherwise successful launch to orbit of the CRS-16 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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With mice well-fed, SpaceX’s CRS-16 mission blasts off but fails to stick landing
Michael ColeDecember 5th, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- Partly cloudy skies along Florida's Space Coast provided a beautiful backdrop for the SpaceX launch of the CRS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). While a success, not everything went according to plan.
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Arianespace launches two geosynchronous satellites to orbit
Joe LatrellDecember 4th, 2018Arianespace successfully launched flight VA246 carrying geosynchronous satellites for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) from its facility in French Guiana.
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Rats! SpaceX CRS-16 mission slips again!
Michael ColeDecember 4th, 2018KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX has encountered more than its fair share of scrubs, but the one that pushed the planned flight of the CRS-16 mission back 24 hours - is a doozy.
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SpaceX sets record with launch of 64 satellites on SSO-A
Curt GodwinDecember 3rd, 2018LOMPOC, Calif. -- Overcoming numerous delays, SpaceX completed one of its most complex missions yet - the delivery of 64 satellites to a Sun-synchronous orbit.
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SpaceX set to launch CRS-16 Dragon to ISS
Michael ColeDecember 1st, 2018CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Elon Musk might not be Santa Claus, but the Expedition 57 crew on board the ISS might consider him to be after the CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft arrives.
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One of the final missions for Rokot booster lifts off from Plesetsk
Jason RhianNovember 30th, 2018One of the last planned launches of a Rokot booster took to the skies above the Plesetsk Cosmodrone’s Site 133. It marked a rare flight of a rocket that can trace its lineage back to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The flight lifted off at 05:00 MSK (9:00 p.m. EST) on Sept. 29, 2018.
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India launches HysIS satellite along with 30 co-passengers on PSLV-C43
Curt GodwinNovember 29th, 2018At 9:58 a.m. Indian Standard Time (IST) on Thursday, November 29, 2018 (11:28 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 28), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully delivered the HysIS imaging satellite, along with 30 smaller satellites, to a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) on flight PSLV-C43.
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More than $150 million embezzled during construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 27th, 2018Information revealed by Russian prosecutors provide insight into the scale of corruption during the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
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Vega launches Earth-observing satellite for Morocco
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 21st, 2018Using Europe’s light-lift Vega launcher, Arianespace orbited the Mohammed VI-B Earth-observing satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco.
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Long March 2D sends 5 satellites into orbit
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 20th, 2018A Long March 2D rocket took to the skies early Tuesday to orbit the Shiyan-6 Earth-observing spacecraft and four smaller satellites for China.
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First launch of Federation spacecraft may slip to 2024
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 20th, 2018The first flight of Russia’s next-generation Federation spacecraft may be postponed from 2022 to 2024, according to the general director of RKK Energia.
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Long March 3B orbits another BeiDou-3 satellite duo
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 19th, 2018Using its long-serving Long March 3B rocket, China sent another pair of BeiDou-3 spacecraft for the country’s homegrown satellite navigation system on Monday, November 19 (local time). This is the eighth time this year that Beijing has launched a BeiDou-3 duo to replenish its navigation network.
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Forever Young: NG-10 Cygnus departs Earth, bound for the International Space Station
Michael ColeNovember 17th, 2018The skies of the U.S. East Coast were lit up as an Antares rocket with the NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft tore brightly and loudly like a torch into the heavens.
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Soyuz-FG rocket back in action with successful launch of Progress MS-10
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 16th, 2018A Soyuz-FG rocket took to the skies to send the Progress MS-10 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX returns to LC-39A with stunning launch of Es’Hail 2
Curt GodwinNovember 15th, 2018SpaceX just keeps pumping out launches with the latest seeing a Qatari satellite delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit.
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How does Northrop Grumman secure Antares during powerful storms?
Jason RhianNovember 15th, 2018WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A powerful "Nor'easter" storm that is hanging off the Atlantic Coast has caused mission managers to push back the flight an additional day. What does Northrop Grumman have in place to handle turbulent weather such as this one?
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Soyuz-FG to return to flight with Progress MS-10 resupply mission
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 15th, 2018Russia’s Soyuz-FG is slated to return to flight with the launch of the Progress MS-10 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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GSLV Mk III lofts GSAT-29 communications satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 14th, 2018India successfully conducted the second orbital mission of its heavy-lift GSLV Mk III launch vehicle, sending the GSAT-29 spacecraft into space.
