https://spacewatch.global/tag/cape-canaveral-space-force-station/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:50:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/cape-canaveral-space-force-station/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/ula-launches-latest-batch-of-29-satellites-for-the-amazon-leo-satellite-internet-constellation/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72668 Amazon has launched another 29 satellites for its LEO internet constellation aboard ULA's Atlas V - the ninth batch launch, bringing the total to 241 spacecraft in orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/u-s-space-systems-command-and-ula-complete-ussf-87-nssl-mission/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71202 U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, System Delta 80 division has successfully completed USSF-87, a National Security Space Launch mission aboard a ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The mission included several payloads aiming to advance space technology as well as additional research, development and training systems, which Guardians will use to refine tactics, techniques and procedures for precision on-orbit maneuvers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/blue-origins-new-glenn-vehicle-launches-rocket-labs-explorer-satellites-on-nasas-escapade-mission/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68976 The New Glenn orbital launch vehicle has completed its second mission, successfully deploying NASA's ESCAPADE twin-spacecraft. The launch took place from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The NASA and University of California Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory ESCAPADE mission will use the pair of identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the Red Planet’s atmospheric escape. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/stoke-raises-510-million-to-scale-manufacturing-of-fully-reusable-nova-launch-vehicle/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68299 Stoke Space Technologies has raised $510 million in Series D funding led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT) in conjunction with a $100 million debt facility led by Silicon Valley Bank. This new financing, which more than doubles the company's total capital raised to $990 million, will accelerate Stoke's product development and expansion.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/amazon-launches-first-batch-of-project-kuiper-satellites-aboard-atlas-v/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65109 Amazon has launched 27 Project Kuiper satellites on its KA-01 mission aboard ULA's Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The 27 satellites represent the first batch of Amazon's Kuiper broadband internet constellation of 3,236 satellites to compete with SpaceX's Starlink by delivering fast, reliable internet globally. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/blue-origin-announce-layoffs-towards-scaling-new-glenn-rocket/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64004 Blue Origin has announced a company-wide layoff affecting about 10% of its employees across Florida Texas, and Washington. Blue Origin CEO, Dave Limp, announced the layoffs in a meeting, citing that the rocket company was not set up for the success it seeks to achieve. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/01/stoke-space-announces-successful-series-c-funding-round/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63473 Stoke Space has raised $260 million in new Series C investment to drive continued growth and innovation towards its goal of building the world’s first 100% reusable medium-lift rocket. This investment more than doubles the company’s total funding, bringing it to $480 million.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/01/blue-origin-launches-new-glenn-rocket-on-maiden-mission/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63453 Blue Origin launched New Glenn to orbit earlier today, carrying the company's Blue Ring Pathfinder payload. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited at 2:03 a.m. EST (07:03 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the rocket's first National Security Space Launch certification flight.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/boeing-starliner-mission-finally-launches-to-the-iss/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55515 The Boeing Starliner Mission has successfully launched its first crewed flight test after three postponements, aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission launched NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into orbit and are bound to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner will subsequently autonomously dock to the station’s Harmony module and remain at the orbital laboratory for about a week]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/ssc-and-ula-successfully-launch-nrol-70-to-orbit/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54584 The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched and delivered on orbit a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NROL-70, onboard United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s final Delta IV Heavy rocket. The launch happened from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), on the central coast of Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/nasa-launches-pace-mission-to-study-ocean-atmosphere/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 07:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53593 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched the Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite. The satellite launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity. NASA subsequently confirmed signal acquisition from the satellite about five minutes after launch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/amazons-project-kuiper-to-launch-prototype-on-abl/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36921 Amazon’s Project Kuiper will launch two satellites by the end of 2022 on ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket, Amazon announced. The company filed an experimental license application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch, deploy, and operate two prototype satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/nasas-lucy-to-probe-trojan-asteroids/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36186 Lucy, NASA’s first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids is being prepared for launch on 16th October, NASA said. By studying these asteroids, scientists hope to learn more about how the planets of the Solar System formed. NASA’s Lucy team have been preparing the spacecraft for flight in the past eight weeks.]]>