Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Matthew Lewallen, Published by Space News, 14 April 2025 On a clear evening this January, flights out of Miami, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale suddenly ground to a halt. The culprit wasn’t weather or a software glitch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Sept. 28, 2024. The rocket carried U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague in a Dragon spacecraft that he is set to pilot to the International Space Station. This Crew-9 launch marks the
Gravitics Orbital Carrier: Gravitics By Collins Eshiet, Published by Orbital Today, 28 March 2025 The new Gravitics orbital carrier project is proof that the US Space Force is exploring new ways to protect its country from outer space. This new project has received $60 million in funding from the US government to
A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted of from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the NROL-69 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 24 March 2025 WASHINGTON — A SpaceX
Artistic illusration of a launch from Sutherland Space Hub - via Orbex By Lisa West, Published by UK Defence Journal, 21 March 2025 The UK government is actively exploring domestic alternatives for the launch of UK Space Command satellites as it seeks to position itself as a European leader in
French CSO-3 spy satellite. Credit: Cnes, D. Ducros. By Andrew Parsonson, Published by European Spaceflight, 6 March 2025 Arianespace has successfully launched the CSO-3 reconnaissance satellite for the French Armed Forces aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marks the rocket’s first commercial mission following its mostly successful inaugural test flight
The SpaceX and U.S. Space Force compound at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on December 18, 2021. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images By Samantha Mathewson, Published by Space.com, 6 January 2025 An impressive 93 United States Space Force launches lifted off from Florida's coast in
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Brtt Tingley, Published by Space.com, 20 December 2024 The U.S. Space Force celebrates its fifth anniversary today. The service was formally established on Dec. 20, 2019, when President Donald Trump signed it into law with the National Defense Authorization Act, the bill that allocates
