• The Relativity Terran R rocket is the first 3D printed fully reusable rocket capable of launching over 20,000kgs to Low Earth Orbit (credit Trevor Mahlmann).
• SpaceX Falcon Heavy is launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on January 15th, 2023 with the USSF-67 classified mission (photo courtesy Dan Cooper).
• Arianespace’ Vega C rocket failed losing two Airbus Pléiades Neo satellites
• ISRO launching PSLV-C54, their sixth and last mission of 2022
• ULA launched a classified spy satellite on a Delta IV Heavy rocket on September 24th 2022.
• ULA Atlas V rocket prepared for SES-20/21 satellite launch (picture courtesy of ULA)
• Andøya Spaceport launch facility in Norway is operated by Andøya Space
• ULA’s atlas V rocket launching GOES-T weather satellite for NOAA (courtesy of ULA).
• SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare mission with 59 CubeSats and MicroSats
• Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo-ship docking at the ISS
• Arianespace Vega rocket launching Cubesats
• Rocket Lab Mahai launch site in New Zealand
• Soyuz-2 launching latest batch of OneWeb satellites from Kazachstan launch site
• SpaceX Falcon 9 booster recovered on a landing platform
• SpaceX Falcon 9 booster recovered on a landing platform
• Atlas II rocket with AMC-11 satellite launched by Lockheed Martin (courtesy of Ben Cooper)
• MHI H-IIA rocket launching two Earth Observation satellites
• BulgariaSat-1 satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
• ArabSat-6A satellite launched on a SpaceX’ Falcon Heavy rocket
• Viasat & Eutelsat satellites encapsulated at Arianespace
• Sea Launch launching KoreaSat-5 satellite for KTSat
• ULA launching their Atlas V rocket
• Avanti HYLAS-2 satellite encapsulation at Arianespace
• Rocket Lab Photon launcher
• SpaceX Falcon 9 launch Vehicle
• Ariane 4 launcher on launchpad (1989)
• MHI H2A Launch vehicle on launch pad in Japan
• Delta II rocket was in service for 29 years. Its first flight was in 1989.
• Stratolaunch Systems built the largest plane for private space travel
• Blue Origin’s New Shepard will be used for private space launches
• Ariane 5 roll out with Eutelsat 65B satellite
• Areal view of Ariane rocket on launch pad
• ILS’ Proton launcher with Express 80 & 103 satellites for RSCC
• Ariane 5 soars to space (Photo courtesy of John Kraus)
• Intelsat 37e arrives in Kourou Space Port for launch by Arianespace
• Ariane 4 launching Intelsat-906 in September 2002
• Arianespace’ Soyuz rocket positioned on launch pad
• Virgin Orbit launching rockets from an airplane
• ISRO’s PSLV launcher ready for launch
• CGWIC’s Long March-2F ready for launch
• Ariane 5 on launch pad
• SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher with reusable boosters
• Ariane 5 launch vehicle operated by Arianespace
• Sea Launch operated the Zenit 3SL launcher from Odyssey launch platform
• The H-IIA rocket operated by MHI from Japan
• ILS Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonour site in Kazachstan
• Delta IV rocket operated by ULA
• SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle