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Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.

Astranis has contracted Impulse Space to directly inject its MicroGEO communications satellite into geostationary orbit in 2027 using the Helios kick stage.

SpaceX sees its Falcon 9 launch cadence peaking as the company ramps up operations of its Starship launch vehicle, a company executive says.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sept. 14 to send Northrup Grumman’s first upgraded Cygnus XL cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.

Aspiring space station operator Vast plans to launch its Haven-1 demo station next year.

The Space Development Agency’s first batch of operational satellites is due to launch no earlier than Sept. 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT, provider SpaceX said Sept. 5.

A rideshare payload launching on an upcoming rocket is due to be the first spacecraft to continuously monitor the space weather environment for solar storms.

SpaceX is expected to add a U.S. capability to boost the orbit of the International Space Station during its latest cargo mission.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 11:50 p.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane under the USSF-36 mission.

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is poised to join SpaceX’s Falcon fleet in launching the country’s highest priority national security space missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:35 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS carrying 24 satellites, built, owned and operated by Amazon.

The last of three L3Harris Technologies-developed solar electric propulsors destined for the Gateway space station has been delivered for testing.

A multinational, four-member crew lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 1 for a 15-hr. ride to the International Space Station.

As components decrease in size, more capability can be packed into small spacecraft.

SpaceX sent another Falcon 9 rocket into orbit to deliver 24 members of Amazon’s fledgling Kuiper constellation.

Ax-4, Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission, departed the International Space Station early July 14, ending an 18-day stay.

Boeing has delivered the ninth and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES ahead of a scheduled launch this summer.

Europe has added to its weather monitoring and Earth-observation capacity with the launch of the MTG-S1 satellite and the Sentinel-4 instrument.

Crewmembers on Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission, Ax-4, were welcomed onboard the International Space Station early June 26.

On June 18, the FAA issued an expanded part 450 reentry license to Varda Space for its Winnebago–or W-Series–capsules.

The Exploration Co.’s Nyx capsule was lost after reentry, the company announced June 24.

NASA is preparing to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-14 mission its Arcstone cubesat.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket delivered 27 satellites—built, owned and operated by Amazon—into low Earth orbit June 23.

Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion.