If the rocket, called RFA One, is launched successfully it would be the first time satellites have been carried into space from UK soil. By PA Media, Published by STV News, 28 July 2026 Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has chosen to “de-stack” its 30m-tall rocket, currently on a launchpad at
A National Reconnaissance Office satellite sits on a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle before its Aug. 4, 2022, launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 July 2026 New Kodiak facility will support up to 18 suborbital missions for military testing WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab will establish
How the Lockheed Martin rocket was envisioned taking off from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands By Jon Yeomans, Published y The Times, 25 July 2026 Lockheed Martin has abandoned plans for a first space rocket launch from British soil after failing to find a partner for the project. The
The Esrange Space Center lies among vast forests of pine and birch in the northernmost part of Sweden, 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 20 July 2026 The country sped up the launch due to the “severe security situation.”
Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video By Leah Yananton, OjaiLetter to the Santa Barbara Independent, 7 July 2026 Community members packed into Ojai City Hall to hear the Mission Update about Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch increases at Vandenberg Space
The SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst: Shetland News Published by Shetland News, 7 July 2026 THE FIRST rocket test flight could take place at SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst between August and early September. A launch window will be in place at the site, having been agreed with international, national and local
Hanwha Aerospace’s Daejeon plant on June 1, 2026, following an explosion there. (Kim Hye-yun/Hankyoreh) Published by Save Jeju Now, 3 July 2026 On June 30, the military and Hanwha attempted to conduct the fourth test of a solid-propellant space launch vehicle off the coast of Seogwipo, Jeju, but were ultimately forced
Sutherland Spaceport Limited will be formally closed once liquidators are appointed (Image: Orbex) By Laura Pollock, Published by The National, 1 June 2026 THE company behind the Sutherland Spaceport project is to be wound up as part of a proposed sale of assets linked to collapsed rocket firm Orbex. The joint administrators of
