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LauncherOne is a medium-sized rocket eveloped by Virgin Orbit for placing small satellites in the low, medium and high Earth orbits.

Relativity Space is retiring Terran 1 after just a single test flight to double-down on development of its next generation Terran R rocket, which is now configu

Relativity Space will retire its Terran 1 small launch vehicle after a single flight, focusing its resources on a revised version of its larger Terran R.

Relativity has been upfront about Terran 1 being a development platform for Terran R, it was assumed Terran 1 would fly a few more times before retiring it.

The pivot to a larger rocket, the Terran R, will likely mean Relativity won’t conduct additional launches until 2026, when it expects the vehicle to be ready for flight.

Who will become the next SpaceX? Maybe nobody, but there are nearly a dozen small-rocket companies actively hunting for a piece of the launch service pie. Two of those companies did not have good weeks.

Smallsat launcher Astra Space could be delisted after Nasdaq sent Astra a deficiency notice that its closing bid price has been below $1 for 30

Firefly Aerospace successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads with its Alpha rocket early Saturday morning. This successful mission

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the uncertain supply of rocket parts from both countries put the future of Northrop Grumman resupply missions to the International Space Station in question. A future solution was announced Monday as Northrop Grumman said it would partner with Firefly Aerospace to create an American-made upgrade to the Antares rocket.

Astra Space is ending use of its Rocket 3.3 iteration after two launch failures and moving to the next version of its launch system.  The rocket, part of