Few details were publicly released about the classified SpaceX NROL-69 mission, which lifted off at 1:48 p.m. EDT Monday from Launch Complex 40.

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Minutes before it was scheduled to launch, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off on Monday due to an "anomaly" on the ground. It was the latest of ...

"We've run into a lot of challenges along the way [that] have caused us some launch delays, but this team has pulled together ...

Meanwhile, the EU celebrated a successful satellite deployment on the second launch of its Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana. The project had cost overruns and years of delays, but the successful ...

The Ariane 6 rocket masterminded by the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally achieved a successful lift off from its launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s newest rocket ...

The Ariane 6 rocket lifted from Europe's spaceport in ... its upper stage in orbit after a software glitch. Thursday's launch, ferrying the CSO-3 optical and infrared satellite for the French ...

On March 6, 2025, the European Ariane 6 rocket successfully completed its ... to Make History on First All-Female Spaceflight This launch comes at a time when Europe is prioritizing its space ...

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft disintegrated soon after launch on Thursday, but thousands of miles away another new rocket ...

The latest test flight of the world's biggest rocket, SpaceX's Starship, is also scheduled for launch later Thursday after a last-minute postponement on Monday. Ariane 6 was initially scheduled to ...

After the aborted launch on Monday, it worked today: Ariane 6 has taken off. The re-ignition of the Vinci engine also worked. The rocket lifted off at 13:24 local time (17:24 CET) from the Kourou ...