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Category: Launch

Starship Flight 8
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FAA gives environmental approval for increased Starship launch rate

by Jeff Foust May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX to perform as many as 25 Starship launches a year from its Texas site, five times the previous limit.

Biomass launch
Posted inLaunch

Vega launches Biomass satellite

by Jeff Foust April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
A large cylindrical stainless steel propellant tank, developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), sits mounted in a factory setting. A red banner across the tank reads “Large-diameter stainless steel tank integrated test product off the assembly line” in Chinese.
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China is making stainless steel tanks for its future super heavy-lift rockets

by Andrew Jones April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
Alpha FLTA0006 upper stage view
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Alpha launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite fails

by Jeff Foust April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
A Long March 5B rocket pierces thick fog during liftoff from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, its bright engines casting an orange glow over silhouetted palm trees.
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China launches third batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites

by Andrew Jones April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
Atlas 5 KA-01 launch
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Atlas launches first operational Project Kuiper satellites

by Jeff Foust April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at night, sending the Tianlian-2 (05) data relay satellite into orbit. Bright flames and smoke billow from the rocket’s base as it ascends past the illuminated launch tower.
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Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite to boost space data relay network

by Andrew Jones April 27, 2025April 27, 2025
View from Shenzhou-20 spacecraft showing the docking interface with the Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025. The image captures the moment of docking, with structural elements and connection points of both spacecraft visible under bright illumination.
Posted inCivil

Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft arrives at Tiangong space station

by Andrew Jones April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
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Astra targets cargo delivery with Rocket 4 in Pentagon-backed plan

by Sandra Erwin April 22, 2025April 23, 2025
Bandwagon-3 launch
Posted inLaunch

SpaceX launches third mid-inclination rideshare mission

by Jeff Foust April 22, 2025April 22, 2025

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