Tag Uncrewed

Firefly Aerospace, fresh off their successful launch for the Space Force, is gearing up for another mission in 2023. This time, they will be flying a dedicated flight for Lockheed Martin as part of the Alpha FLTA004 mission. The mission, codenamed “Fly the Lightning,” aims to deploy an Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) demonstrator payload developed […]

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket Set to Return to Flight After experiencing a failure during its last mission, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is scheduled to return to flight on December 18, 2023. The rocket will take off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas, with a launch window opening at 8:30 AM […]

China is ramping up its space activities with a series of high-profile launches and developments in reusable rocket technology. One notable event is the launch of the Chinese Reusable Experimental Spaceplane, also known as CSSHQ, on a Chang Zheng 2F/T rocket. The details of this mission remain unclear, but it is said to involve verifications […]

Rocket Lab, the private aerospace company based in New Zealand, is set to make its first launch since a failure back in September. The mission, named “The Moon God Awakens,” is scheduled to take place on December 15th between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm NZDT. If the launch is unsuccessful on the first attempt, Rocket […]

As the year 2023 comes to a close, the US Department of Defense’s X-37B spaceplane is gearing up for its next mission, OTV-7, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch, scheduled for December 12th, has been delayed due to a ground support equipment issue, but both the vehicle and payload are reported to be […]

SpaceX is making significant progress towards its goal of launching 100 times in 2023. The company has planned three Starlink missions for this week, with two launches taking place at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and one at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Additionally, China is also expected to launch […]

In a busy week for space launches, SpaceX has once again demonstrated its impressive launch cadence with two Falcon 9 missions. Meanwhile, Roscosmos successfully launched the Progress MS-25 resupply capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), and China also had three consecutive launches. The week began with Roscosmos launching the Progress MS-25 capsule using a […]

LandSpace, the Chinese aerospace company that made headlines with its successful launch of the methane-based rocket, ZhuQue-2, is gearing up for its third launch. The company recently rolled out the pathfinder to its pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, indicating an imminent launch in about a month. This comes after the company confirmed the […]

SpaceX is making significant progress towards its goal of completing 100 launches in 2023. The company had a busy week with two Starlink missions and the second launch of the Starship. The first launch involved a Falcon 9 rocket placing 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. This was followed by ExPace launching an unknown payload […]

SpaceX’s Starship is set for its second test flight after obtaining final approval from the Federal Aviation Administration and US Fish and Wildlife Service. The launch is scheduled for November 18 at 7:00 AM CST, following a one-day delay to fix an issue with Booster 9’s grid fin actuators. The first test flight of Starship, […]