Isar has announced that the second launch of their Spectrum rocket, "Onward And Upward", is now set for NET March 23rd at 20:00 UTC due to unfavorable weather. This is the first time Spectrum will carry payloads, onboard are 5 cubesats & 1 hosted payload manifested through ESA's Boost! program.

JAXA announced that the 8 cubesats of their 4th "Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration" are now set to launch NET April 23rd on Rocket Lab's Electron. The mission named "Kakushin Rising" was previously scheduled for Q1.

T-6 days to launch for "Daughter Of The Stars" - Electron's 85th launch and first time flying a dedicated mission for the European Space Agency @esa.int 🛰️🛰️. Integration and encapsulation is now complete, with ESA's 2x satellites secured to Electron inside its nose cone and ready for launch.

With the successful launch of the Starlink Group 17-24 mission, SpaceX currently has more then 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit for the first time. A total of 11,529 satellites have been launches so far, but 1,509 of those satellites have already reentered.

Rocket Lab is preparing for another pair of back-to-back launches! Up first is "Eight Days A Week" with Synspective's StriX-6 SAR satellite NET March 19th at 17:45 UTC, followed by "Daughter Of The Stars" with ESA's Celeste Pathfinder A cubesats NET March 24th in the morning UTC.

This is what regular and reliable access to space looks like. We're running two launch campaigns from LC-1 this weekend with back-to-back launches only days apart.

Astroscale says they signed a contract with Isar Aerospace for the launch of their ELSA-M IOD spacecraft on Spectrum! The goal of the mission is to dock with an inactive Eutelsat OneWeb satellite using a magnetic docking plate, and then deorbit the satellite. Launch is planned for 2028.

So it turns out that FLTA007 did in fact carry a satellite for Lockheed Martin. The payload has been cataloged as "ICOR SV", which we hadn't heard about before. Given the secrecy, I'd say it's likely demonstrating more classified technologies compared to the previous tech demo's.

It may have taken several delays, but Firefly successfully launched the "Stairway To Seven" mission on Alpha FLTA007! Apparently they did carry payloads for Lockheed Martin, but it sounds like these are hosted experiments rather then actual deployable satellites.

With Vulcan grounded due to the USSF-87 SRB anomaly, ULA announced that, as expected, their next launch will be an Atlas V 551 carrying the Amazon Leo LA-05 mission. LVOS for this mission has already happened, and the launch is scheduled for NET March 30th pending range approval.

BlackSky announced that their 4th Gen3 satellite is operational! This confirms that, as expected, they launched on Rocket Lab's "Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed" mission a few days ago. I still don't get why they're confidential, but luckily they're easy to identify.

ViaSat-3 F2 has arrived in GEO following its Atlas V launch! Now that the satellite is in GEO, Viasat & Boeing will begin the deployment of its huge antenna reflector. If this goes well, Viasat will move forward with the launch of ViaSat-3 F3 on Falcon Heavy in the coming months.

Encapsulated inside of the fairing is the ~6,800kg EchoStar XXV satellite for EchoStar's subsidiary Dish Network. The satellite was built by Lanteris (formerly Maxar) and will operate at 110° West from which it'll deliver television broadcasting services to the continental US.

Falcon 9 first stage B1085-14 is vertical at SLC-40 with the EchoStar XXV geostationary communications satellite for SpaceX' first customer launch after 12 consecutive Starlink missions since Crew-12 a month ago. Lift-off is scheduled for later tonight at 03:19 UTC.

🚢 🚚 Following a two-week journey, Inspector Smile has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Smile travelled with another friend onboard: the Vega-C upper stage, which will stay attached to Smile until the last moment before dropping it off in a very precise orbit around Earth. 🔭 🧪 🌞

Synspective has announced that their next StriX satellite is scheduled to launch aboard Electron NET March 19th at 17:45 UTC! Rocket Lab has not yet announced the mission. Synspective is Rocket Lab's largest customer, with 7 missions already launched and another 18 on contract.

Nice view of ISRO's GISAT-1A/EOS-05 satellite. Earlier notices indicated it should have launched by now on GSLV-F17, but those were removed with no new ones released. It's unclear when the picture was taken, but it's missing its telescope extension (which might be for shipping).

Via the US' System for Award Management, NASA announced that they intent to sole-contract ULA to deliver 3 Centaur V upper stages (2 flight, 1 spare) for the "standardized" SLS Block 1 configuration for the Artemis IV & V missions, set to launch in early & late 2028 respectively.

Unfortunately the SDA & Northrop Grumman are still working the software issue on Northrop's satellites, which (including some other issues) have caused delays to the T1TL-A launch. As a result, the SDA might pull a launch from York or Lockheed Martin forward in its manifest. t.co/TJRzI5c0Hg

Just days after our most recent mission from Virginia, Electron is on the pad at LC-1 ready for launch today for a confidential commercial customer. 'Insight at Speed is a Friend Indeed' is scheduled for liftoff: 🚀 12:53 pm NZDT, March 6 🚀 6:53 pm ET, March 5 🚀 3:53 pm PT, March 5

Rocket Lab confirms on their launch safety page that they have a launch today! The mission is named "Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed", and T-0 is set for 22:45 UTC. It sounds like this is the next BlackSky Gen3 launch, as their previous launched have also been "speed" themed.

SES' latest O3b mPOWER satellites are now operational! One more launch, this time carrying 3 satellites, is scheduled for September. While this will be the final launch for O3b mPOWER, SES has already started work together with start-up K2 Space on their future MEO-network.

According to new hazard area's, the next launch attempt for Firefly's FLTA007 "Stairway To Seven" mission is now scheduled for NET March 10th at 00:20 UTC. This week was not available due to yesterday's planned Minuteman III GT255GM test taking priority on the range.

Additional hazard area's have appeared, and they indicate launch is now scheduled for NET March 5th (tomorrow) between 22:15 and 01:50 UTC. No word from Rocket Lab yet. With their launch cadence increasing, these very late announcements are occuring more often.

ULA's new rocket transport vessel, SpaceShip, is in the water and almost ready to enter service! It'll join RocketShip in transporting Atlas V & Vulcan rockets from the factory to the launchsites. SpaceShip is larger then RocketShip, allowing it to carry 2 full Vulcan rockets. t.co/i1YjLzJzXK

Start the week with a Smile 😊 In preparation for Vega-C flight #VV29 that will take Smile to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, we're building the rocket that will take her to space. The P120C solid booster and the Zefiro-40 stage have already been transferred to the launch zone.

After a few delays and holds, Rocket Lab successfully launched Hypersonix' DART-AE last night aboard HASTE! Rocket Lab's next launch is scheduled for NET March 4th per hazard area's. The trajectory matches with those flown on launches for Synspective, iQPS, and BlackSky.

NASA announced updated plans for their Artemis program to increase flightrate and reduce risk: - Standardize SLS to "near Block 1" - Artemis III is now a LEO rendezvous with one or both HLS landers NET Mid-2027 - Artemis IV (and potentially Artemis V) are lunar landings in 2028

Only just noticed this now, but that's a nice view of Rocket Lab's VICTUS HAZE spacecraft named "Puma". VICTUS HAZE was scheduled for late last year, but the issues Firefly has had with Alpha (which will launch True Anomaly's "Jackal") have pushed the launches to mid this year.

CRS-33 safely splashed down following a 187-day mission! This was the longest Cargo Dragon mission to date, thanks to the boost-trunk. SpaceX' next launch to the ISS will be Cygnus NG-24, which is set for NET Apr. 1 at ~15:00 UTC. The next Cargo Dragon, CRS-34, is set to launch in May.

Rocket Lab & BlackSky have announced that they've contracted an additional 4 launches! This will bring the total number of Electron launches for BlackSky to 17. BlackSky also announced that the next Gen-3 satellite is at the launchsite and is set to launch in the coming weeks!

It looks like "Voyager", which was previously owned by Space Perspective, is working in the USSF-87 SRB splashdown area to recover the SRB's out of the ocean. This same vessel was used to recover USSF-106's SRB's.

Lanteris Space Systems has announced that the EchoStar XXV satellite for EchoStar's subsidiary Dish Network has arrived in Florida for launch! The satellite is currently undergoing final preparations ahead of its Falcon 9 launch that is scheduled for NET March 9th at ~03:00 UTC.

Blue Origin is making great progress on their 1st Blue Ring vehicle. It's set to launch on a NSSL-class launch vehicle towards GEO. It'll carry several payloads, including Scout Space's "Owl" SDA sensor and an internally developed navigation & imaging system known as "Paparazzi".

For the first time ever, Rocket Lab will livestream a HASTE launch! 6 HASTE launches have taken place so far with various levels of disclosure, ranging from the mission name and some payload details, to only acknowledging the launch on their website without any details at all.

ISRO has released their results of the investigation into the NVS-02 orbit raising failure. They determined that the pyro valve for the satellite's oxidizer line did not fire due to "disengagement of contacts in the connector", which means a loose plug. www.isro.gov.in/NVS-02-Space...

Rocket Lab is GO for their first HASTE launch of the year, which will be the 'That's Not A Knife" or "Cassowary Vex" mission set to launch later tonight at 21:00 UTC! Inside the comically 4.3-meter long fairing will be the 3.5-meter DART-AE scramjet demonstrator from Hypersonix.

Trouble for Artemis II. An issue is preventing Helium from being loaded into the ICPS upper stage, and likely will require a roll back to the VAB to fix. This would rule out a launch in March. This means the earliest a launch now could take place would be April 1st at 22:24 UTC.

Following encapsulation of the BlueBird 7 (Block 2 FM2) satellite, Blue Origin rolled the fairing for NG-3 to LC-36 last night. This means all the hardware for NG-3 should be at the pad, so hopefully we'll see the fully stacked rocket roll out soon! 📸 nsf.live/spacecoast

NASA successfully completed the second Wet Dress Rehearsal for Artemis II yesterday, with only some minor issues being worked. Launch is officially targeted for NET March 6th! (March 7th at 01:29 UTC) This is pending the Flight Readiness Review next week and some remaining work at the pad.

ESA's SMILE mission is on its way to the launchsite! The mission, which is a collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will study the solar wind and its interaction with Earth's magnetosphere. It is set to launch aboard the Vega-C VV29 mission NET April 8th.

🚢 Inspector Smile has begun a two-week voyage across the Atlantic, heading for Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. In the early hours of 11 February, Smile left ESA’s technical heart by truck for the Port of Amsterdam, where it was loaded onto the cargo ship MN Colibri. 🔭 🧪

AST SpaceMobile's 2nd Block 2 BlueBird (BlueBird 7) satellite has been safely encapsulated inside of New Glenn's payload fairing ahead of launch next month! Because this is an accelerated launch slot, only 1 satellite is on board, but future New Glenn launches can carry up to 6 to 8 satellites.

ESA announced that their Celeste Pathfinder A mission is set to launch NET March 24th! It'll launch aboard Rocket Lab's "Daughter Of The Stars" Electron mission. Pathfinder A consists of 2 cubesats that will demonstrate how LEO-PNT satellites can enhance the Galileo navigation system.

BlueBird 7 - ENCAPSULATED. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 BB7 is encapsulated within Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle and preparing for its journey to low Earth orbit, marking the formal handoff from AST SpaceMobile. Next stop: the launch pad. #ASTSpaceMobile #Broadband #BlueOrigin #connectingtheunconnected

Gearing up for the first launch of #Celeste! 🛰️ 🌎 ESA’s Celeste mission is set to lift off no earlier than 24 March aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from New Zealand.

SpaceX' first GEO launch of the year is coming up soon! Scheduled for NET March 9th, this will be the EchoStar XXV direct broadcast satellite for EchoStar's subsidiary DISH. The satellite was built by Lanteris Space Systems (previously Maxar, now owned by Intuitive Machines).

Eutelsat has canceled its order for the "Flexsat Americas" satellite, which they ordered from Thales Alenia Space in 2022. The satellite was originally to launch this year, but had already been delayed to 2028. This means Eutelsat currently has no GEO satellites on order.

It also looks like Canopée, Arianespace's transport vessel, also arrived with the stages for VA268 in French Guyana 2 days ago! This means all the hardware for the LE-02 mission should already be at the launchsite, and that we could see launch as early as late next month.

Rocket Lab has announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET February 23rd at 20:00 UTC.