Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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Starship will soon fly over towns and cities, but will dodge the biggest ones
Some time soon, perhaps next year, SpaceX will attempt to fly one of its enormous Starship…
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Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM
How to get to the Moon … The report estimates that canceling the SLS rocket, its…
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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes
Assuming Falcon 9s continue to launch Starlink satellites in 2033, the fees would rise to approximately $56,000…
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There’s a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch
It wouldn’t have been surprising for SpaceX to get priority on the range schedule since it…
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A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX
For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was…
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
SpaceX will get 28 missions worth approximately $5.9 billion ULA will get 19 missions worth approximately…
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The ax has become an important part of the Space Force’s arsenal
“All those traditional primes opted out of this event, every single one,” Hammett said. “We’re cultivating…
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SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight
FAA’s green light The FAA confirmed Friday it issued a launch license earlier this week for…
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Astroscale aced the world’s first rendezvous with a piece of space junk
Astroscale’s US subsidiary won a $25.5 million contract from the US Space Force in 2023 to…
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New Glenn rocket is at the launch pad, waiting for calm seas to land
COCOA BEACH, Fla.—As it so often does in the final days before the debut of a…
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While ULA studies Vulcan booster anomaly, it’s also investigating fairing issues
The Vulcan and Atlas V use similar composite payload fairings, both made by Beyond Gravity, the…
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SpaceX prevails over ULA, wins military launch contracts worth $733 million
These missions require medium-lift rockets, or smaller rockets capable of a high-rate launch cadence to match…
