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In a significant expansion of its maritime launch capabilities, China has completed construction of its first offshore platform specifically engineered for the launch and recovery of reusable liquid-propellant rockets. According […]
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The selection of Somalia for the launch site is driven by its proximity to the equator, which provides a technical advantage for satellite launches.
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In a move that signals a shift in the Pentagon's long-term orbital logistics strategy, Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD 30) released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting industry interest in Space Launch Complex 14 (SLC-14) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has officially issued a Record of Decision (RoD) authorizing the conversion of Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]
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On Friday, November 28 at 10:44 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-15 mission to sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. […]
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Another Falcon 9 mission lifted off on Saturday, November 22, at 2:53 AM EST (07:53 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]
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It was dark for this midnight launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch 28 Starlink smallsats on Sunday, November 23 at 12:48 a.m. PT, Falcon 9. The smallsats were launched […]
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photos captured by […]
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Another group of SpaceX smallsats were launched Tuesday, November 18th at 7:12 p.m. ET, to meet up with the Starlink constellation. SpaceX will be busy again on Thursday with two […]
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser® spaceplane has completed a series of critical pre-flight tests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), marking continued progress toward Dream Chaser’s first, free-flyer mission. Dream Chaser […]
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