The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...

"We've run into a lot of challenges along the way [that] have caused us some launch delays, but this team has pulled together and worked diligently to get us over that." After more than a week of ...

As for the payload fairing, company officials said it became a decision as to whether to pursue printing technology or build a rocket that could reach the launch pad as quickly as possible.

Technically, Falcon is a heavy-lift rocket, but as we recently learned, most SpaceX missions actually take off with less than 3.4 tons of payload ... the Hungry Hippo fairing is performing ...

Technicians and engineers encapsulated NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH satellites within a protective payload fairing inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

However, while checking the separation system’s pressure, the team detected a leak, requiring removing the payload fairing to make the repairs and repack the payload. The team also experienced a ...

Hanwha Aerospace Hanwha Aerospace has begun upgrading the payload fairing of South Korea’s Nuri rocket to make it viable for commercial satellite launches. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KAA) had ...

satellites within a protective payload fairing inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Update: Delayed again. Now ...

Hanwha Aerospace has embarked on an upgrade project to enlarge the payload fairing of domestically produced space launch vehicles to enable commercial launches. Initially, it was intended to be ...

Jack Miller battled a loose fairing to finish as the top M1 rider on his Pramac Yamaha debut in Sunday’s Thai MotoGP. Frustrated after crashing out of sixth in the Sprint, the Australian settled ...

The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) payload has captured the image kernel in the lower solar atmosphere, namely the photosphere and the chromosphere. ISRO said that this observation and ...

Concrete, steel and wood are some of the most common choices to compose the structure of stairs due to their high strength and versatility. But, when combined, these different materials expand ...