China begins building a new megaconstellation. The first batch of Internet satellites for China’s Guowang megaconstellation launched Monday on the country’s heavy-lift Long March 5B rocket, Ars reports. The satellites are….
Issue still being looked at … We have heard murmurings about fairing issues on the Atlas V for a while now, but United Launch Alliance and Space Force officials have….
The Vulcan and Atlas V use similar composite payload fairings, both made by Beyond Gravity, the space division of the Swiss company RUAG. The same company also supplies payload fairings….
These missions require medium-lift rockets, or smaller rockets capable of a high-rate launch cadence to match the capability of a larger launch vehicle. In June, the Space Force selected SpaceX,….
When the exhaust nozzle on one of the Vulcan rocket’s strap-on boosters failed shortly after liftoff earlier this month, it scattered debris across the beachfront landscape just east of the….
China launches mystery satellite. China launched a new communications satellite toward geostationary orbit Thursday, although its precise role remains undisclosed, Space News reports. The satellite lifted off aboard a Long….
ULA’s chief executive still harbors an ambition for regaining some of the same capabilities promised by ACES. “What we are looking to do is to extend that by orders of….
Enlarge / India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle launched for the third time this week. ISRO Welcome to Edition 7.08 of the Rocket Report! Lots of news as always, but what….
Solo Sikoa let Tama Tonga know that they would both be acknowledging Roman Reigns as The Bloodline’s Tribal Chief once again if the Roman is able to take back The….
Enlarge / A Falcon 9 booster returns to landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station following a launch Thursday with two WorldView Earth observation satellites for Maxar. Welcome to Edition….
