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China launches Pakistani remote sensing satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 3 12:01 PM ET (1601 GMT)
China launched a remote sensing satellite for Pakistan late Wednesday. A Kuaizhou-1A launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 10:00 pm EDT (...

China launches Guowang satellites
Posted: Sun, Aug 3 12:00 PM ET (1600 GMT)
China launched a new batch of satellites for its Guowang constellation on Wednesday. A Long March 8A rocket lifted off at 3:49 am EDT (...

Starlink suffers global outage
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:55 PM ET (1655 GMT)
SpaceX’s Starlink service is back online after a global outage Thursday. Users reported the service went down around 3:15 pm EDT (1915 GMT),...

Soyuz launches space science satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:53 PM ET (1653 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a space science mission and other smallsats early Friday. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in...

House appropriators seeking alternatives to SLS EUS upper stage
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:52 PM ET (1652 GMT)
House appropriators want NASA to study alternatives for a new SLS upper stage. In a report accompanying the commerce, justice and science spending bill that...

Startup iRocket announces plans to go public through SPAC merger
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:50 PM ET (1650 GMT)
Startup Innovative Rocket Technologies, or iRocket, says it plans to go public through a SPAC merger. The company said Wednesday it agreed to merge with...

Falcon 9 launches TRACERS mission
Posted: Sun, Jul 27 12:47 PM ET (1647 GMT)
A Falcon 9 launched a NASA space science mission and several other smallsats Wednesday. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

SES completes acquisition of Intelsat
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:54 AM ET (1354 GMT)
With its acquisition of Intelsat complete, SES plans to scale up a constellation of medium Earth orbit (MEO) communications satellites. SES completed Thursday its acquisition...

Space Force releases guidelines on commercial use of launch sites
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force released new guidelines for how it will allocate finite launch infrastructure and range resources as commercial demand surges. In a...

SpaceX launches Project Kuiper satellites
Posted: Sun, Jul 20 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of spacecraft for a competitor in the satellite broadband market early Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...



news in brief
NASA targets April 1 for Artemis 2 launch
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT)

China resumes launches after one-month pause
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)

Alpha returns to flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 15 8:24 AM ET (1224 GMT)

news links
Thursday, March 19
Firefly Aerospace Selected for the 2025 Robert J. Collier Trophy
National Aeronautic Association — 5:22 am ET (0922 GMT)
Rocket Lab wins record contract with US Department of War
Radio New Zealand — 5:17 am ET (0917 GMT)


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