… But according to the report, the problem has not gone away. “The system cannot simultaneously support launches … of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle at Space Launch Complex 36 and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle at Space Launch Complex 41,” the report states. “Blue Orig… …
… Isar’s Spectrum rocket is the only one that has launched on a test flight. The rocket’s first launch in March 2025 lasted less than a minute before crashing near the launch pad. …
… This was only the second launch hosted by Maritime Launch Services at its still largely undeveloped spaceport in eastern Canada. On hand for the launch was Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, fresh from his flight around the Moon as a member of NASA’s Artemis II mission. …
… Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is on contract for 18 launches for Amazon Leo. Two of them have already flown, and the third one is set to launch later this month with 36 Amazon Leo satellites. SpaceX’s Falcon 9, capable of launching 24 Amazon Leo satellites at a time, has launched three times for Amazon. …
… AST SpaceMobile hoped to launch 45 satellites this year, but that was before one of its primary launch vehicles, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, was grounded after an explosion on its launch pad last month in Florida. …
… Amazon also added 10 more launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on top of three Falcon 9 launches for Amazon Leo last year. Meanwhile, in French Guiana, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket has launched two dedicated missions for Amazon Leo, each with 32 satellites. …
… The launch team repeatedly attempted to resume the countdown, only for the computer controlling the launch sequence to stop the clock again. There were five holds in all before SpaceX called off the launch attempt. …
… The launch base on Florida’s Space Coast is gearing up for a flurry of new arrivals. SpaceX is building multiple launch pads for its super-heavy Starship rocket, which will operate within a few miles of launch pads operated by SpaceX rivals Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance. …
… The rocket’s explosion on the launch pad last week makes a launch on New Glenn this year unachievable. NASA now wants to find an alternative launcher for the first of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon demo missions, Spaceflight Now reports . …
… He noted that the AMOS-6 launch failure allowed SpaceX to redesign the new pad to optimize for faster turnarounds between launches. “It’s certainly a tremendous tragedy and a setback, but looking back on it rebuilding SLC-40 enabled us to make key improvements that we really needed to achieve high … …