Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket

Americas Space 

Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska Reports ‘Anomaly’ During Launch Rehearsal

March 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Alaska, Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC), Astra Space, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA), USA

The Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSC – A) has reported an ‘anomaly’ on a launch pad during a rocket

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Asia-Pacific Space 

China’s New Long March 7A Rocket Fails in its Maiden Launch

March 16, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments China, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Long March 7, Long March 7A, Satellite, Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site

The maiden launch of China’s new Long March 7A (CZ-7A) reportedly ended in failure with the classified satellite payload failing

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Americas Space Technology 

DARPA Launch Challenge Closes With No Winner

March 12, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Astra Space, DARPA, DARPA Launch Challenge, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA), USA

DARPA’s effort to stress the approaches and processes associated with space launch ended March 2 with the lone Launch Challenge

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Completes Second Stage Test for OmegA Rocket

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, National Security Space Launch (NSSL), Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK OmegA, U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

Northrop Grumman successfully conducted a full-scale static fire test of the second stage of its OmegA rocket in Promontory, Utah

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Global Space 

Ariane 5 Orbits Two Satellites on Arianespace’s First Flight This Year

January 17, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ariane 5, Arianespace, Communications satellite, Eutelsat Konnect, GSAT-30, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket

Arianespace opened its 2020 launch activity on Jan. 16 with a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana that successfully

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Americas Space 

Delta IV Heavy Rocket Completes Countdown Rehearsal for NROL-44 Mission

January 11, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Cape Canaveral AFS, Delta IV Heavy, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Military satellite, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NRO Launch (NROL), NROL-44, United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket that will perform the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office

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Global Space 

India’s GSAT-30 Satellite Installed on Ariane 5 Rocket for Arianespace’s First Mission of 2020

January 10, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ariane 5, Arianespace, Europe's Spaceport, Eutelsat Konnect, GSAT-30, India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Satellite

Final payload integration has begun for Arianespace’s year-opening mission on January 16, with GSAT-30 now installed atop its Ariane 5

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Europe Space 

Arianespace Soyuz Launcher Lifts Off for Flight VS23 Mission

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Arianespace, CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS), CSG-1 satellite, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Satellite, Soyuz

An Arianespace Soyuz launcher has lifted off from the Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 05:54 am local time

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Signs Customer for First Flight of New OmegA Rocket

December 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK OmegA, Saturn Satellite Networks (SSN), USA

Northrop Grumman announced that Saturn Satellite Networks has selected the OmegA space launch vehicle to launch up to two satellites

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Americas Space 

Arianespace Launches TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 Satellites

November 30, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ariane 5, Arianespace, Communications satellite, Egypt, Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, Inmarsat, Inmarsat GX5, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, TIBA-1

Arianespace delivered another dual-satellite payload – TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 – to orbit on the 250th launch of an Ariane-series

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