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There are several launches planned for this week including a Falcon 9 which will be helping a Dragon capsule into orbit so that it can deliver cargo to the International space station.

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fires off pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 23 with four astronauts aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX More than three-quarters of the launches from Florida’s Space Coast so far this year have deployed SpaceX...

Officials say they believe lasers will enable 10 to 100 times more data to be transmitted back to Earth than the current radio frequency systems.

View Comments Note: Weve brought you a front-row seat to rocket launches from Florida since 1966. Journalism like our space coverage takes time and resources. Please consider a subscription. --- A nearly 200-foot Atlas V rocket soared from its Florida pad on Tuesday, taking the Space Forces newest satellite designed to detect ballistic missile launches back on Earth. Powered by one main engine and two strap-on solid rocket boosters, the United Launch Alliance rocket vaulted off Cape Canaveral ...

A ULA Atlas V rocket launches the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit on May 18, 2021. Photo: ULA United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a missile warning satellite called the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 on Tuesday for the U.S. Space Force. A ULA Atlas V rocket in the 421 configuration took off at 1:37 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Signal acquisition was...

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Mission in Support of National Security ULA continues to reliably launch critical capabilities for the U.S. Space Force News provided by Share this article Share this article CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Forces Space and Missile S...

Virgin Orbit names next mission and expands operations to Brazil May 10, 2021 Following the first successful launch of LauncherOne in January, Virgin Orbit is aiming for their next mission to lift off in June. While the launch campaign is underway, the small satellite launch provider continues to secure additional launch sites around the world for expending launch operations, adding their newest site in Brazil. In a ceremony held at Brasília Air Base, in the capital of the country, the company...

Virgin Orbit announced it will launch its next LauncherOne mission carrying payloads for the US Department of Defense, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and SatRevolution in June. The launch will take place at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California and will be the first since Virgin Orbit’s successful Launch Demo 2 mission in January. The LauncherOne vehicle will take its payloads to a destination circular orbit at 500 km, 60 degrees inclination. Virgin has named the mission “Tubular...

Spaceflight Insider Nicholas DAlessandro April 15th, 2021 The second flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Astrobotic has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to fly its Griffin lander, which will be carrying NASA’s VIPER rover, to the Moon. Credit: Michael McCabe / SpaceFlight Insider Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company specializing in commercial lunar freight landers, announced it has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch its Griffin medium-class lander to the Moon in ...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. The completed Boeing Starliner vehicle for the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) is seen in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starliner crew module for the unpiloted Orbital Flight Test-2 mission wa...