Launches as they happen, orbital or suborbital: what flew, from where, how high it went, and when its satellites appeared in the catalogue.
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The charges built to destroy the rocket if a flight goes wrong did their job, PLD says, giving it the evidence it needs for a major regulatory approval.
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A GSLV is to lift off from Sriharikota at 18:21 UTC on 30 October. Since March, NavIC has had only three of the four satellites it needs.
See them on the live map· 7 min read
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The tenth H3 released MMX towards Mars 71 min 13 s after lift-off on 19 October, as planned, and JAXA has since confirmed the probe is healthy.
· 4 min read
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A LandSpace rocket carried them up on 14 October to test computers in orbit, laser links and big radiator wings to shed their heat.
See them on the live map· 4 min read
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An H3 rocket is to launch JAXA's probe from Tanegashima at 19:41 UTC on 19 October and release it on its way to Mars about 71 minutes later.
· 5 min read
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A cargo Dragon is to leave Florida at 10:33 UTC on 13 October with 2.8 tonnes of supplies and science, and dock with the ISS two days later.
Track the ISS on the live map· 4 min read
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The first built by Northrop Grumman for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1, they lifted off from California on 10 October, five days after an abort.
· 3 min read
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DLR's MAPHEUS-17 sounding rocket reached 291 km from Sweden on 1 October, giving its experiments about seven minutes of near weightlessness.
· 3 min read
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Raúl Torres revealed a landing test vehicle based on Miura 1, and set out what is left before Miura 5 flies and what Miura 9 will be.
· 10 min read
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Built with Earth-imaging company Planet, Google's test satellite launched on 1 October and is working. Next: how its AI chips cope with radiation and heat.
Track NORAD 100902 on the live map· 4 min read
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Four astronauts are set to lift off from Florida at 15:10 UTC on 1 October and dock 7 h 50 min later, the fastest US trip to the station yet.
Track the ISS on the live map· 4 min read
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Flight 14 put Starship in orbit for the first time and released 26 Starlink V3s, then came down in the North Pacific after 3 hours instead of 10.
· 5 min read
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Flight 14 aims for orbit on 28 September with 26 Starlink V3 satellites, now licensed by the FAA. The route, the plan and the fallbacks.
· 8 min read
