Satellite launches

German startup makes history with first orbital space flight launched from European soil

It was Isar's second launch, coming 18 months after the company's first rocket plunged to the ground and exploded in a fiery spectacle shortly after takeoff from the same site.

An Isar Aerospace rocket.
People watch as a Long March 10B carrier rocket takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan province, China, July 10, 2026. (Illustrative)

China says Long March 7A rocket launch failed after flight anomaly

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Selling light after dark: Satellite designed to reflect sunlight to Earth approved by FCC

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Iran's space program advances satellite program, eyes better missile launchers, new facilities


Iran's satellite program is a growing threat - analysis

Iran's growing confidence in space can be seen in the report that the IRGC is planning on launching not just one, but multiple satellites into space within the next year.

 A first military satellite named Noor is launched into orbit by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Semnan, Iran April 22, 2020.

NASA launches CAPSTONE to test lunar orbit, tools for 'cosmic GPS'

The CAPSTONE CubeSat will test the near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) for the eventual Gateway lunar orbit outpost and innovative navigation technology.

 NASA's CAPSTONE, a microwave oven-sized CubeSat, will fly in cislunar space – the orbital space near and around the Moon (Illustrative).

Tevel program: Israeli Jewish Arab high schoolers launch nanosatellites

It was the very first program of its kind between Israeli and Arab students jointly studying satellite engineering and astronomy, and the agency has other projects planned.

 Porat (on far right) and a classmate build the nanosatellite.

Satellites built by Israeli students launched from NASA's Florida base

The Israeli students' satellite launches marked the first-ever instance where eight satellites built by students were simultaneously launched.

 IAI communication satellites

NASA's Webb telescope is launched in historic space mission

NASA's $9 billion revolutionary James Webb Telescope was launched from French Guiana, opening a much anticipated new era of astronomical exploration.

 Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana December 23, 2021

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope slated for Christmas Eve launch

NASA: "Webb will reveal new and unexpected discoveries and help humanity understand the origins of the universe and our place in it."

 Artist's impression of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Kleos Space slated to launch its second satellite cluster

The outer space provider of engineering and technology development services announced its second satellite mission will launch on June 29.

Satellite constellation formed by the three nano-satellites

Out of this world clean-up: First commercial sweeping satellite launched

As Earth's orbit gets dangerously polluted, one space start-up is looking to clean it up by launching the world's first commercial space-sweeping satellite.

A possible design for the new Amos-8 communications satellite

WATCH: Technion launches three satellites into space

In total, 37 SmallSats and CubeSats from 18 countries were launched on the Glavkosmos Soyuz rocket on Monday.

The Adelis-SAMSON nanosatellite.

Technion to launch three nanosatellites into space simultaneously

The launch, a first for its kind, will be livestreamed on March 20 and sees the university join the "Civil Space Revolution."

The Adelis-SAMSON nanosatellite.