Russian Space Forces

Two cargo resupply missions are set to launch to the International Space Station this week.… The post Launch Roundup: Cygnus XL and Progress to fly cargo mi...

A pair of Russian space missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, and the long-awaited… The post Launch Roundup: Falcon 9, Starship, and Russia flying this wee...

A Chinese rocket, a pair of Russian missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, and… The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Chinese, and Russian missions make up busy...

Starlink Doubles Up, ISS Gets A New Booster, X-37B Returns, and Starship is GO For Launch This Week

This week, SpaceX will begin building a new shell for its Starlink constellation, launching from… The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX to start new Starlink shel...

Several significant missions are scheduled for this week, including the third lunar lander to launch… The post Launch Roundup: Starship, lunar lander, and t...

This week’s launch manifest is quite diverse, featuring the launches of four different rockets worldwide.… The post Launch Roundup: Electron, Soyuz set to f...

This week is set to be a busy one in the world of spaceflight, with… The post Launch Roundup: Sentinel 1C and PROBA 3 among ten planned launches appeared fi...

Landspace is expected to debut the enhanced version of its ZhuQue-2 rocket this week, and… The post Launch Roundup: ZhuQue-2E set for first flight; SpaceX,...

In another busy week of launches, China launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong Space Station aboard a Chang Zheng rocket this week as part of the Shenzhou...

The U.S. government claims that a recently launched Russian satellite is a counterspace weapon placed in nearly the same orbit as an American reconnaissance...

SpaceX reached another milestone when booster B1062 became the first in its fleet to fly for the 21st time on Friday night, exceeding the previously set limi...

Following a busy week for SpaceX with the launch of two Starlink missions and the second launch of Starship, SpaceX is currently on track to meet its 100 lau...

Spying in space does not violate any international norms.

A fresh satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation network with the launch of a Soyuz rocket Thursday from a military spaceport about 500 miles north of Mo...

A classified mapping satellite rode a Soyuz rocket into space Thursday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the fifth space mission of the year to deploy a Russian...

A new Russian spy satellite launched April 7 aboard a Soyuz rocket, likely embarking on a mission to identify and locate foreign military forces by tracking...

A Russian military satellite launched Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket, heading for an unusual orbital altitude of more than 1,200...

A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia earlier this morning to deliver an unidentified Russian military satellite to orbit. The lau...

Russia’s military successfully deployed a spacecraft in orbit Nov. 25 to join a constellation of satellites circling the globe to monitor for missile launches.

At 01:09 UTC, or 4:09 A.M. local time in Moscow, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket launched carrying the Tundra 15L early warning satellite for the Russian Ministry of Def...

A classified Russian military satellite, possibly designed with a new miniature reconnaissance camera, launched Sept. 9 on a single-core version of the Soyuz...

At 19:59 UTC on September 9, a Soyuz 2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying the Razbeg n°1 satellite for the Russian Ministr...

Russia’s military launched the first of a new type of ship-locating radar imaging satellite Friday aboard a Soyuz rocket.

Russia launched the first satellite for its long-delayed next-generation ocean reconnaissance system on Friday. The Pion-NKS No.901 satellite lifted off atop...

Russia sent a spy satellite into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket Feb. 2 from a snowy launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, setting off on a mission to detect, l...

The Russian Aerospace Forces, itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, has launched a Lotos reconnaissance satellite to compliment th...

Three Russian Gonets communications satellites launched late Wednesday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, riding a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage into orbit...

The Russian Aerospace Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a mission to deliver three Gonets-M communications satellites into a 1,40...