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Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.
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China set to launch first Guowang megaconstellation satellites on Long March 5B

HELSINKI — China appears set to launch the first satellites for a long-expected national low Earth orbit megaconstellation after rollout of a Long March 5B rocket at Wenchang spaceport. Images […]

by Andrew Jones December 11, 2024December 11, 2024
Blue Ring Pathfinder
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Blue Origin says first New Glenn launch still scheduled for 2024

by Jeff Foust December 10, 2024December 10, 2024
Vega C
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Vega C successfully returns to flight

by Jeff Foust December 6, 2024December 6, 2024
A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, surrounded by four towering lightning rods, leaving a plume of dense white exhaust against a backdrop of a partly cloudy blue sky. The launch marks the deployment of the third batch of 18 Qianfan (Thousand Sails) satellites, a key step in China's ambitious low Earth orbit megaconstellation project, December 5, 2024.
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Long March 6A launches third batch of Thousand Sails constellation satellites

by Andrew Jones December 5, 2024December 5, 2024
Orbex Prime rocket at Kinloss test stand.
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Orbex halts work on own spaceport, shifts launches to SaxaVord

by Jeff Foust December 5, 2024December 5, 2024
A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, surrounded by smoke and flames, against a backdrop of green vegetation and blue sky. The rocket's red-and-white design stands out as it carries the European Proba-3 mission into orbit.
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PSLV rocket launches Europe’s Proba-3 mission to mimic solar eclipses

by Andrew Jones December 5, 2024December 5, 2024
Rocket launch from a mountainous spaceport, showing a solid-propellant rocket ascending against a clear blue sky with smoke trailing from the launch pad, surrounded by forested hills
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China debuts modified solid rocket with remote sensing satellite launch

by Andrew Jones December 4, 2024December 4, 2024
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in a verdant, mountainous region, leaving a trail of smoke, marking its 100th flight and carrying the TJS-13 satellite into orbit.
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China launches clandestine TJS-13 satellite, rocket reaches milestone

by Andrew Jones December 3, 2024December 3, 2024
Miura 5
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PLD Space secures loan for Miura 5 launch facility

by Jeff Foust December 3, 2024December 3, 2024
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SpaceX launches fifth mission for NRO’s proliferated architecture 

by Sandra Erwin November 30, 2024December 1, 2024

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