Rocket Technology & Vehicles

SmallSat Europe 2025 is ramping up with notable speakers and exhibitors and leading technical and business attendees. This event takes place in May 27-28, 2025, in RAI, Convention Centre / Amsterdam, Netherlands, where 1,200+ space pioneers will attend for two ...

Launch on Friday, October 18 of Starlink smallsats captured by Satnews from SpaceX's video stream. On Friday, October 18 at 7:13 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink Group 8-19 satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth ...

Scout Space Inc., a leading in-space observation service provider focused on space security and autonomy solutions, is set to make history with the first demonstration of a novel very low Earth orbit (vLEO) Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capability, aboard a ...

Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation, a leading provider of onboard video systems for launch platforms, orbital vehicles, and spacecraft, has been awarded a contract to supply United Launch Alliance (ULA) with their RocketCam™ HD video systems for the Vulcan rocket launch platform ...

Astra Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTRA) has successfully closed the firm's move to take the company to private ownership. Under the terms of the definitive agreement for the transaction (the “Merger Agreement”) that was previously announced on March 7, 2024, Apogee ...

We use our competencies in design and production, our infrastructure and human resources in the field of observation satellites and fuse them with our corporate culture to produce communication satellites indigenously. As usual SpaceX is busy and on Monday has ...

Photo captured on Tuesday, June 4, by Satnews from SpaceX's video stream. SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 3 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) confirms the launch of the Long March 7A rocket from the People’s Republic of China. Expected debris from the rocket launch was projected to have fallen within the identified drop zones approximately 75 NM away ...

Europe’s newest rocket will soon launch, taking with it many space missions, each one with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether launching new satellites to look back and study Earth, peer out to deep ...

The fourth flight test of Starship could launch as soon as June 6, pending regulatory approval. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. The ...

SpaceX is ready to launch their fourth flight test of Starship on June 5, after approval from the proper agencies. "The fourth flight test turns our focus from achieving orbit to demonstrating the ability to return and reuse Starship and ...

Photo captured on Tuesday, May 28, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. Previously scheduled to launch on Monday, Memorial Day, on Tuesday, May 28 at 10:24 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...

Photo captured on Thursday, May 23, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX reports that it is now targeting Tuesday, May 28 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ...

SpaceX is targeting Monday, May 27 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 7:30 a.m. ET, with ...

Photo captured on Sunday, May 12, by Satnews from SpaceX video stream. SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has returned a previously flown Electron rocket first stage tank into the Electron production line for the first time in preparation for reflying the stage — this step is a significant milestone in Rocket ...

And it's a Go! FINAL UPDATE: SpaceX launched its huge Starship rocket for the third time on Thursday from the company's launch site in South Texas at 9:25 a.m. ET. on a key test flight to demonstrate new technologies and ...

Sierra Space has successfully completed the initial phase of environmental testing on the Dream Chaser® spaceplane, Tenacity®, at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Over the past month, the Sierra Space Dream Chaser and its cargo companion, Shooting ...

Orbex has been granted an international patent across more than a dozen countries to protect the firm's coaxial tanking technology, which nests the main rocket fuel tank within the main oxidizer tank. Photo of the Orbex coaxial tank for their ...

Australia’s space race is gathering pace with Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies raising a $55 million (US$36 million) Series D round ahead of the firm's first orbital test flight this year. Gilmour Space Eris orbital launch vehicle, photo courtesy of the ...