Space launch and test range provider Southern Launch is set to retry launching a prototype suborbital rocket in South Australia after a failed first attempt last year. The experimental Kestrel 1 rocket, built by Australia-based company ATSpace, will be launched from a site in Whalers Way, about...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has launched a DART rocket with a first space payload from Koonibba Rocket Range in South Australia. This marks the launch of the first commercial rocket to space from Australia. The DART is 3.4m-long and weighs 34kg. It is said to be a fraction o...
Rocket launch SpaceX, Starship: IFT-8NET February — Starbase, Texas February: SpaceX will launch its eighth integrated flight test (IFT-8) for its Starship megarocket no earlier than (NET) February. The mission will liftoff from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas. The launch will ...
However, over the past few years, we’ve seen our ability to make a meaningful impact in the launch industry diminish. Take a look around. U.S. rockets fly every couple of days, with perfect success. It’s revolutionary. While there is still a need for more providers...
SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot added from the launch site. "Even in this day and age, what we just saw — that looked like magic." The booster catch was not the only goal for Flight 5. SpaceX also aimed to send Starship's 165-foot-tall (50 m) upper stage — known as Starship, or...
Equatorial Launch Australia shifts focus to new Queensland spaceport site Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has announced the immediate cessation of operations at the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory, citing unresolved lease negotiat...
Launch. “It also represents a world first for our launch partner TSPACE, which has developed next generation hybrid rocket propulsion technologies to power satellites into orbit. A safe and reliable sovereign launch capability is absolutely key in enabling South...
At 12 degrees south of the equator, it provides a more cost-effective way to reach Earth's orbit. It was previously used by the European Space Agency in the 1970s as a tracking station. Equatorial Launch said its customers will include private companies, weather monitoring organizations, resear...
Jeff Foust -spacetoday.net A student rocket launch at theTeam America Rocketry Challengefinal competition in Virginia, May 11, 2003. The Challenge has been continued annually since then. Amateur rocketrynow ranges from themodel rocketsyou buy at your local hobby store tohigh power rocketsavailable...
SpaceX aced its 17th launch of 2022 – Starlink 4-16 – on April 29th, wrapping up the first four months of the year with almost exactly one launch per week, on average. Less than three days later, drone ship A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG) was towed out of Port Canaveral to support...