Tag: TASA

  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches 140 payloads on Transporter-15

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    SpaceX launched 140 commercial payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit on its sixth rideshare mission of the year, Transporter-15. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4-E (SLC-4E) on Nov. 28 at 10:44 PST (18:44 UTC). The mission’s first stage, booster B1071, flew on its 30th mission to date, making it…

  • Arianespace’s Vega launches 12 satellites on VV23 mission

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    Arianespace’s lightweight Vega rocket launched on its penultimate flight Sunday, carrying the THEOS-2 Earth-observation satellite for Thailand, Taiwan’s Triton (FORMOSAT-7R) weather satellite, and ten small satellites. Lifoff from the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana came after a scrub 48 hours previously. The launch was only Arianespace’s third mission of 2023. Following the retirement…