FrankenVega Confirmed for Sentinel 2C Launch
The final launch of an Avio rocket may have already taken place. Tomorrow’s launch will feature the first and only mission launched aboard the...
Arianespace CEO Declines to Comment on How Avio Replaced Vega Propellants Tanks
Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël declined to comment when asked what solution Avio had employed to replace a pair of out-of-production propellant tanks for the...
D-Orbit’s Magnificent Monica Space Tug Begins Payload Deployment
Italian in-space logistics company D-Orbit has announced that its Celestial Bliss mission has moved into the commercial phase with the deployment of four Spire...
RFA Identifies Turbopump as the Cause for RFA ONE Test Failure
The results of a preliminary investigation into what caused an RFA ONE first stage to burst into flames have identified an oxygen fire in...
RFA Hot Fire Anomaly Results in Loss of RFA ONE First Stage
German launch provider Rocket Factory Augsburg has announced that an RFA ONE first stage, which was to be used for the rocket’s inaugural flight,...
RFA Shareholder Announces RFA ONE Debut “Weeks” Away
Major Rocket Factory Augsburg shareholder OHB has revealed that the inaugural RFA ONE rocket launch attempt could occur in "a matter of weeks."
Founded in...
ESA Weather Satellite to Launch Aboard Falcon 9 Today
The European Space Agency's AWS mission will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket later today on a mission to study Arctic weather.
The...
Atlantic Spaceport Consortium to Explore Azores Launch Facility
Portugal's Atlantic Spaceport Consortium has signed a cooperation agreement with NAV Portugal to support commercial feasibility testing of building a launch facility on the...
RFA Complete Second First Stage Static Fire Test
German launch startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has completed a second static fire test of the first stage of its RFA ONE rocket.
The RFA ONE...
DLR Reusable Flight Experiment (ReFEx) Launch Slips to 2025
German space agency DLR has confirmed that the launch of its subscale reusable flyback booster demonstrator has been delayed to no earlier than 2025.
The...