SPACEX LAUNCHES 23 STARLINK SATELLITES ON 50TH FALCON 9 ROCKET OF 2025 - SpaceX completed its second Falcon 9 rocket launch in less than half a day. The Starlink 12-10 mission took flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center about six hours after another Starlink flight took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A happened at 10:34 p.m. EDT... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 29)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 27 STARLINK LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA - SpaceX launched the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites onboard on Monday afternoon, following a one-day delay. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened Monday, April 28 at 1:42 p.m. PDT (4:42 p.m. EDT, 2042 UTC).... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 29)
ULA LAUNCHES FIRST PRODUCTION AMAZON KUIPER SATELLITES ON ATLAS 5 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - Against the setting Sun, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket thundered off the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force State to begin the flight of the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite internet constellation. Five solid rocket boosters helped propel the rocket a... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 29)
AMAZON TO LAUNCH 1ST SATELLITES INTO ORBIT: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT PROJECT KUIPER - Amazon is preparing to launch its debut batch of satellites into orbit as it seeks to establish its own internet service for customers worldwide. Project Kuiper, a subsidiary of billionaire Jeff Bezos' online commerce behemoth, is meant to one day rival the satellite constellation that SpaceX fou... More (Source: USA Today - Apr 28)
LONG MARCH 3B LAUNCHES TIANLIAN-2 (05) SATELLITE TO BOOST SPACE DATA RELAY NETWORK - China added a new satellite to its geostationary Tianlian data tracking and relay communications satellite series Sunday with its latest launch. A Long March 3B lifted off at 11:54 a.m. Eastern (1554 UTC) April 27 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China. The China Aerospace Scie... More (Source: SpaceNews - Apr 28)
SPACEX DELAYS STARLINK LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA - SpaceX delayed by a day the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites onboard. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East is now targeting Monday, April 28 at 1:39 p.m. PDT (4:39 p.m. EDT, 2039 UTC). Assuming Firefly Aerospace is able to launch its A... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 28)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 23 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night carrying 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 capable of direct to cell phone service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 came at 10:09 p.m. EDT (0209 UTC). It was SpaceX’s 48th Falcon 9 launch of 2025.... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 28)
SPACEX TO LAUNCH 27 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM VANDENBERG SFB - SpaceX is preparing to launch back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets on Sunday from both California and Florida. Up first is the Starlink 11-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites onboard. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East is targeting 3:41 p.m. PDT (6:41 p.m... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 27)
RUSSIAN SATELLITE LINKED TO NUCLEAR WEAPON PROGRAM APPEARS OUT OF CONTROL, U.S. ANALYSTS SAY - The secretive Russian satellite in space that U.S. officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program has appeared to be spinning uncontrollably, suggesting it may no longer be functioning in what could be a setback for Moscow's space weapon efforts, according to U.S. analysts... More (Source: Reuters - Apr 26)
SHENZHOU-20 CREWED SPACECRAFT ARRIVES AT TIANGONG SPACE STATION - Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday aboard the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, hours after launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Shenzhou-20 docked with the radial port of the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station at around 11:49 a.m. Eastern (... More (Source: SpaceNews - Apr 26)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched another 28 optimized Starlink V2 Mini satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday night. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-74 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 9:52 p.m. EDT (0152 UTC). The rocket followed a south-easterly trajectory onc... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 25)
CREW UNLOADS DRAGON AND KICKS OFF NEW SPACE EXPERIMENTS - The Expedition 73 crew is beginning its first full week together unpacking the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft and activating new science experiments. The International Space Station residents are also gearing up for next week’s spacewalk while ensuring the ongoing operations of the orbiting laboratory.... More (Source: NASA - Apr 25)
CHINA LAUNCHES SHENZHOU 20 ASTRONAUTS TO TIANGONG SPACE STATION - China's latest human spaceflight mission headed for orbit on Thursday morning (April 24). A Long March 2F rocket topped with the Shenzhou 20 crew spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on April 24 at 5:17 a.m. EDT (0917 GMT; 5:17 p.m. Beijing time). S... More (Source: Space.com - Apr 25)
SPACEX’S RIDESHARE BANDWAGON-3 MISSION MARKS THE 300TH ORBITAL FLIGHT FROM CAPE CANAVERAL’S PAD 40 - SpaceX completed its third Falcon 9 rocket launch in less than 48 hours with a rideshare mission carrying payloads to a mid-inclination orbit. Liftoff of the Bandwagon-3 mission happened at 8:48 p.m. EDT (0048 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It was the 245... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 22)
AMAZON'S KUIPER 1 INTERNET SATELLITES GET NEW APRIL 28 LAUNCH DATE ON ATLAS V ROCKET AFTER DELAY - Amazon's first internet satellite fleet has a new launch date at last. After weeks of delays, the first 27 satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation are scheduled to lift off atop an Atlas V rocket on April 28, the rocket's builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced over th... More (Source: Space.com - Apr 22)
S. KOREA TO LAUNCH 4TH MILITARY SPY SATELLITE THIS WEEK - South Korea plans to launch its fourth military reconnaissance satellite from a US space base this week, the defense ministry said Monday, as the country seeks to better monitor North Korean threats with independent surveillance capabilities. The military plans to launch the synthetic aperture ra... More (Source: The Korea Herald - Apr 21)
EARTH'S ORBIT MAY BE IN TROUBLE. WHY SPACE DEBRIS IS TO BLAME. - You might think space as a vast emptiness. But according to the European Space Agency, it's getting incredibly crowded – at least around our planet. A European Space Agency report released April 1 studied the space above Earth. The report says that if space debris buildup is not controlled soon... More (Source: USA Today - Apr 21)
SPACECRAFT BRINGS RUSSIANS, AMERICAN BACK TO EARTH, RUSSIA'S SPACE AGENCY SAYS - A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency reported on Sunday. "Its deorbiting and descent to Earth were normal," the agency said in a post on the Telegram messaging app... More (Source: Reuters - Apr 21)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 32ND RESUPPLY MISSION FOR NASA TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - SpaceX launched an uncrewed Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station early Monday on a resupply mission with increased importance after a transportation mishap derailed a flight by another U.S. cargo ship. Liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center happened on Monday, April 21, at 4:15 ... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 21)
