SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Southern California after midnight on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The mission will deploy 27 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. A live webcast of the launch ...

Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — remains the reigning rocket launch capital of the world. Last year ushered in a new annual record of 109 orbital launches,

For just the second time in 2026, a SpaceX rocket is due to blast off from Southern California. Here's how to watch a livestream of the launch.

Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space Force. While the NASA Wallops Visitor Center will ...

The launch is set for the evening of Saturday, Dec. 27, with a backup opportunity the following day. A Falcon 9 rocket will carry an Earth observation satellite, CSG-3, for the Italian Space Agency. Viewers can watch the launch in person near the site or ...

As of Dec. 5, SpaceX is planning a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Southern California on Sunday, Dec. 7. This launch is the third of at least 4 Starlink missions scheduled for early December from Vandenberg Space Force Base. A livestream of the launch will be ...

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit. An Electron rocket carrying the QPS-SAR-15 satellite, nicknamed Sukunami-I, lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand ...

MAHIA, New Zealand, Dec. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 21 st Electron rocket of the year to ...

The mission, launching from California, will deploy an Earth-observing satellite for the Italian Space Agency. The launch was postponed twice in late December to allow for additional ground system checkouts. Due to the rocket's southern trajectory, it may ...

Rockets rarely blast straight upward and keep going in that direction. Instead, most orbital launches curve eastward, leaning into the spin of the planet to squeeze out every bit of free speed they can get. The choice of direction is not a stylistic ...