PLD Space completes an explosive flight-termination-system test for Miura 5, a regulatory-approval milestone ahead of the rocket's planned first half of 2027...
Rocket Lab's 99th Electron flight deployed iQPS's WADATSUMI-II SAR satellite, the pair's 10th dedicated launch together.
Rocket Lab's Electron deployed three HawkEye 360 Hawk RF-sensing satellites to a 520km orbit.
Galactic Energy's sea-launched Ceres-1S carried a prototype 0.5-meter imaging satellite for a planned 25-satellite constellation.
PLD Space starts system-level tests on Miura 5's second stage and now targets a debut flight in the first half of 2027.
Reflect Orbital bought two Skyroot Aerospace launches, one on Vikram-1 and one on the upgraded Vikram-1U, as rideshare capacity tightens.
Voyager Technologies won a $22.4 million DoW contract to prototype small-satellite deployment dispensers.
Skyrora pushed back its first orbital launch target from Q4 2026 to 2030, citing limited pad access and still-developing UK spaceport rules.
Portugal's Omnidea bought Orbex's UK manufacturing assets and IP, planning to revive Orbex's Prime launcher as PrimeNEO.
Rocket Lab's biggest-ever commercial Electron deal adds 20 more launches for Synspective's StriX SAR constellation.
Rocket Lab's 97th Electron mission deployed Synspective's 13th StriX radar satellite to a 559km orbit, per the company's release.
ESA extended its Boost co-funding to RFA by 2.7 million euros to prepare SaxaVord test infrastructure ahead of RFA One's first launches.
Rocket Lab's 96th Electron flight put Synspective's 12th StriX radar satellite into a 572km orbit from New Zealand.
SEOPS signs a multi-launch deal for five dedicated Spectrum flights between 2028 and 2030.
French launch startup Sirius Space Services hot-fired its fully integrated methalox STAR-1 engine for the first time.
Firefly's own release (first_party) confirms the companies signed a contract for two specific Alpha launches, upgrading the original June 30 SpaceNews trade...
Isar's chief commercial officer Stella Guillen told CNBC on September 7 that the company's order pipeline is now worth more than 10 billion euros, though the...
Isar says it already has five more rockets in production, is targeting roughly 40 launches a year long-term, and plans a second Spectrum launch site in Nova...
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit from Norway, the first orbital-class launch from Western Europe.
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket lifted off from Andoya Spaceport in Norway on its second flight, carrying five cubesats and one ESA-sponsored experiment, and reached orbit roughly seven minutes after liftoff, per NRK and Aftenposten. The rocket's March 2025 debut failed 30 seconds after launch, and five subsequent launch attempts this year were scrubbed for technical and weather reasons before Saturday's flight. Isar Aerospace itself reported the second stage achieved a preliminary 180 x 500 km orbit, per SpaceNews reporter Jeff Foust. Isar's chief commercial officer Stella Guillen told CNBC on September 7 that the company's order pipeline is now worth more than 10 billion euros, though the company has not said how much of that is signed.
The German launch company adds 50 million euros to its Series A, taking total funding past 125 million euros.
Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight put Synspective's 11th StriX radar satellite into a 575km orbit from New Zealand.
Elon Musk said August 22 on X that once Starship is flying reliably several times a week, "it makes sense to shift super scarce SpaceX engineering and produc...
GalaxySpace built, launched, and delivered a full satellite package to Thailand's GISTDA, a first for a Chinese commercial space firm.
MaiaSpace's fifth commercial contract lets French broker Ride sell auxiliary payload space on future Maia launches from 2028.
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-18 satellite "SUSANOO-II" on the 93rd Electron mission overall.
Firefly and Lockheed Martin extended their multi-launch deal to up to 25 Alpha flights through 2031, on the upgraded Alpha Block II rocket.
ISRO's redesigned SSLV solid booster passed a static test, expected to add about 100 kg of payload capacity.
OHB CEO Marco Fuchs, whose company is RFA's majority owner, said on OHB's August 6 earnings call that engineers took the rocket back into the hangar and open...
Rocket Lab's new shipping-container launch infrastructure will let it stand up Electron and HASTE pads anywhere, debuting in Alaska in 2027.
Skyroot Aerospace will fly three dedicated Vikram missions carrying HEX20's Nila-3, MAYA-V and DINK-N satellites starting late 2027.
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-13 satellite, Rocket Lab's 92nd orbital mission, five weeks after a launch abort.
RFA de-stacked its rocket to investigate an issue, forcing SaxaVord to cancel its planned launch-window traffic orders.
Rocket Factory Augsburg said July 28 that it found "an issue with the vehicle" during pressurization testing ahead of a planned hot-fire test at SaxaVord Spa...
Rocket Lab will fly three more iQPS SAR satellites on Electron starting late 2027, its third contract with iQPS this year.
SpaceNews reports the Kodiak site will be Rocket Lab's fourth launch location alongside its existing pads in New Zealand and Virginia, supporting the Pentago...
CAS Space's Kinetica-1 solid rocket delivered five commercial Earth observation and tech demo satellites to orbit from Jiuquan.
JAXA's Epsilon S clears its second-stage engine test, using a fallback motor after two prior explosions grounded the program.
Orienspace's solid-fuel Gravity-1 rocket carried nine satellites to orbit from a sea launch platform off Shanghai.
Space Systems Command awarded Rocket Lab $266 million for 12 HASTE suborbital launches from Alaska, with an option for six more.
Skyroot's Vikram-1 reached orbit on its debut flight, becoming the first privately built rocket to do so from India.
Skyroot Aerospace's four-stage Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 18 and placed multiple payloads into a roughly 450-kilometer low Earth orbit about 15 minutes after liftoff, per SpaceNews. Reuters reported the rocket stands about 22 meters tall, uses three solid-fuel stages plus a liquid-fuel orbital adjustment module with a 3D-printed engine, and can carry up to 350 kilograms to low Earth orbit. The mission, called Aagaman, carried customer and technology-demonstration payloads including cubesats from Skyroot and Grahaa Space and hosted payloads from Dcubed and Cosmoserve Space, according to SpaceNews.
Isar Aerospace signs launch site deal with Maritime Launch Services
Corroboration correction and source upgrade (found_none was wrong): Isar's own press release confirms the deal first-party, with European Spaceflight and The...
Rocket Lab CFO says 'panic' setting in over Falcon 9 rideshare access
Latitude signs LOI for first orbital launch from Oman
Firefly and SSC Space target 2028 for first Esrange launch
D-Orbit will fly ArkEdge Space demo satellites on its ION carrier from 2027, per SpaceNews.
Isar Aerospace will pay Maritime Launch Services for a dedicated Spectrum launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada.
Rocket Lab's CFO says Falcon 9 rideshare-access anxiety has reached 'panic' amid reports SpaceX is capping new bookings.
Rocket Factory Augsburg found an issue during pressure testing and de-stacked RFA ONE, casting doubt on the planned August 10 launch window.
Isar Aerospace's own newsroom published the July 2 press release for this exact deal (same Polak quote, 12-month target, and additional-satellite provision a...
Isar Aerospace to launch Planet's first German-built satellite mission
European Spaceflight independently covered the same July 1 Latitude/Etlaq Spaceport Oman LOI; attached as a second distinct trade source.
Cosmoserve will test a soft robotic debris-capture mechanism aboard Skyroot's first orbital launch.
Isar's Spectrum rocket will carry a Planet Labs Germany Pelican Earth-observation satellite within about a year of the deal.
Skyroot set a July 12-August 4 launch window for Vikram-1, India's first private orbital rocket, per SpaceNews and PTI.
French launch startup Latitude wants to fly its small launcher from a new Omani spaceport as soon as late 2027.
Firefly and SSC Space signed a contract for two Alpha rocket launches from Esrange, Sweden, targeted no earlier than 2028.
The Ten Owl of Ten mission flew from Mahia on June 26; testing and commissioning precede service entry, per Synspective.
SpaceX has stopped taking new Transporter and Bandwagon rideshare bookings for launches past late 2028, multiple trade outlets report.
Orbex filed for UK administration in February after Series D funding talks and an acquisition by The Exploration Company both fell through.
Orbex, developer of the UK's Prime small launch vehicle, filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators on February 11, 2026, after failing to close a Series D funding round or complete a previously announced acquisition by French company The Exploration Company, per SpaceNews, Via Satellite, and European Spaceflight. Orbex, a winner of ESA's European Launcher Challenge that had received EUR34.9 million ($41.5 million) from the program, had already shut down its Danish rocket-engine subsidiary and laid off about 90 employees in January; administration puts roughly 150 further UK jobs at risk. CEO Phil Chambers said: "Disappointing doesn't come close to describing how we feel about this moment."