GCAT outcome codes: S success, F failure (did not reach a sustainable orbit), E pad loss (vehicle destroyed before launch), A pad abort, U unknown. Failure counts on this page include pad losses and ...

The work splits cleanly along one line of physics, and it is worth understanding before the countdown starts. Radar sends out a pulse and listens for the echo, and the returning signal weakens with ...

Rwanda is responsible for 7 cataloged objects, of which 5 are in orbit and 5 are active. 7 of those are payloads, with 0 rocket bodies and debris. 2 have reentered. The first launched in 2019, and the ...

The BSS-702MP bus accounts for 10 cataloged objects, of which 10 are in orbit and 8 are active. Most are built by BOES. The largest operator on this bus is Intelsat. The first launched in 2012, the ...

SpaceX’s valuation rose from roughly $21 billion in July 2017 to $137 billion in January 2023, $800 billion in a December 2025 tender offer, $1.77 trillion at its June 2026 IPO price, and about $2.2 ...

Picture this: instead of strapping your satellite to thousands of gallons of explosive rocket fuel and lighting the fuse, what if you could just… fling it into space? That’s exactly what SpinLaunch is ...

The TUBiX10 bus accounts for 5 cataloged objects, of which 5 are in orbit and 5 are active. Most are built by TUB. The largest operator on this bus is TUB. The first launched in 2018, the most recent ...

14 Iran objects are currently in orbit, out of 36 ever cataloged. 20 have reentered. How many Iran satellites are active? 12 Iran objects carry an active status in the catalog, out of 12 payloads.

South Africa is responsible for 10 cataloged objects, of which 2 are in orbit and 1 are active. 10 of those are payloads, with 0 rocket bodies and debris. 8 have reentered. The first launched in 1999, ...

In the spring of 2015, Intelsat found it had a new neighbor. Two of the company’s satellites, Intelsat 7 and Intelsat 901, sat less than half a degree apart in the geostationary belt near 18 degrees ...

Norway’s proposed state budget, published 7 October, puts NOK 323.3 million (about €30 million) toward a second orbital launch pad at Andøya Spaceport in 2027. The Ministry of Defence pays NOK 223.5 ...

On the morning of August 5, 2026, a four-stage solid rocket rose off the deck of a ship in the Yellow Sea and arced south toward a sun-synchronous orbit. The rocket was a Jielong-3, built by a ...