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October 6, 2022
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy II rocket lifts off from Platform 39A on April 11, 2019, aboard the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. Credit: Walter Scriptonas
July 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate the performance of europium-doped strontium iodide gamma ray detection technology with sufficient active area for Department of Defense (DoD) operational needs. The first SIRI…
July 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument...
July 8, 2022
With the help of its LauncherOne technology, Virgin Orbit has now positioned 33 satellites in orbit.
July 6, 2022
AFRL's experimental CubeSat, called Recurve, uses artificial intelligence/machine learning to autonomously decide how to route data through large constellations of interlinked satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
July 3, 2022
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday evening while carrying a missile warning satellite among its payloads for the U.S. Space Force.
July 2, 2022
Virgin Orbit successfully launched a set of seven satellites into orbit during its first night mission. The company’s Cosmic Girl carrier aircraft brought the LauncherOne rocket 35,000 feet in the air before it detached and blasted off into space.
July 2, 2022
A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying Defense Department satellites was launched July 1 from a modified Boeing 747.
June 30, 2022
The launch will take place from Mojave Air and Space Port in California in the coming days, says Sir Richard Bransons aerospace company.
June 30, 2022
A busy couple of days from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aims to continue with the planned launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a missile warning satellite among its payloads for the U.S. Space Force.