RUSSIA'S PROGRESS 92 RESUPPLY CAPSULE DEPARTS SPACE STATION - Russia's Progress MS-31 resupply capsule departed the International Space Station March 16 filled with trash for a destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Also designated Progress 92 by NASA, MS-31 undocked from the space-facing port of the Russian segment Poisk module at 9:24 a.m. EDT...   More
(Source: Aviation Week - Mar 17)

CHINA LAUNCHES NEW REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE - China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Sunday. The Yaogan-50 02 satellite was launched at 9:22 p.m. aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and has entered its planned orbit. The launch mission was a complete success.   More
(Source: People's Daily - Mar 16)

SPACEX LAUNCHES STARLINK MISSION FROM CAPE CANAVERAL ON CLOUDY SATURDAY MORNING - SpaceX’s Falcon 9 soared in-between a patchwork of clouds, like a needle through fabric, as climbed away from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday morning to deliver 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff happened at 8:37:10 a.m. EDT (1237:10 UTC), with the rocket heading off on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 15)

SPACEX LAUNCHES 25 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday morning, carrying 25 broadband internet satellites for SpaceX’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 6:57:59 a.m. PDT (10:57:59 a.m. EDT / 1457:59 UTC). This was the company’s 25th mission supporting its low Earth orbit constellation so far this year.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 14)

SPACEX PLAN FOR 1 MILLION ORBITING AI DATA CENTERS COULD RUIN ASTRONOMY, SCIENTISTS SAY - SpaceX's plan to launch one million orbiting data centers to space worries astronomers,who say the satellite streaks caused by the proposed constellation would severely impair observations. Just as astronomers began to learn how to coexist with broadband megaconstellations in low Earth orbit (LEO), such as SpaceX's Starlink, a new threat has emerged, causing significant concerns. Elon Musk's envisioned constellation of one million orbital data centers would result in possibly tens of thousands of moving objects as bright as stars that are visible in the night sky at any given moment, even to the naked eye, according to astronomer and dark sky consultant John Barentine.   More
(Source: Space.com - Mar 14)

NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S 1ST 'CYGNUS XL' CARGO SPACECRAFT DEPARTS THE SPACE STATION - The first mission of Northrop Grumman's big new cargo spacecraft is nearly over. That freighter, known as Cygnus XL, left the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning (March 12), ending a nearly six-month orbital stay for the 23rd Northrop Grumman (NG-23) resupply mission to the orbital laboratory. Secured on the station's Canadarm2 after detaching from its berth on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, the spacecraft was released at 7:06 a.m. EST (1105 GMT).   More
(Source: Space.com - Mar 13)

FIREFLY AEROSPACE'S ALPHA ROCKET REACHES ORBIT ON 1ST LAUNCH SINCE EXPLOSIVE ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR - Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is celebrating today (March 11) after successfully launching its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly a year. Today's mission, called "Stairway to Seven," was the seventh flight for Alpha, which suffered two major mishaps during 2025. The first occurred during the "Message in a Booster" mission last April, which carried a technology-demonstrating satellite for Lockheed Martin but failed to deliver it to orbit after an anomaly occurred during stage separation.   More
(Source: Space.com - Mar 12)

A NASA SPACECRAFT IS SET TO MAKE AN UNCONTROLLED PLUNGE BACK TO EARTH. HERE ARE THE RISKS - A massive space probe could plummet into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday evening — years earlier than expected. And while most of the spacecraft will likely disintegrate in a flaming blaze during reentry, a few components could survive, according to NASA. Early analyses predict the 1,323-pound (600-kilogram) vehicle will strike the atmosphere around 7:45 p.m. ET Tuesday, “with an uncertainty of +/- 24 hours,” according to NASA and the US Space Force.    More
(Source: CNN - Mar 11)

SPACEX LAUNCHES DIRECT TELEVISION SATELLITE FOR ECHOSTAR - A direct television satellite for Dish Network, a subsidiary of EchoStar, headed into geostationary Earth orbit on Monday night aboard a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral. The satellite, EchoStar 25, flew to a geosynchronous transfer orbit before maneuvering to its operation position at 110 degrees West above the equator. Liftoff of the 70-meter-tall launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 12:19 a.m. EDT (0419 UTC). The rocket flew due east upon leaving Florida’s Space Coast.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 10)

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