#IsarAerospace:
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Mission 'Onward and Upward' scrubbed
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"Isar Aerospace is standing down from today’s launch attempt to evaluate a leak in a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV). .."
https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview
9.4.2026
#Andøya #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum
#NorthropGrumman:
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Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur IV Launches the U.S. Space Force STP-S29A Mission
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"Enhanced Minotaur IV vehicle propels multiple Space Test Program satellites, advancing reliable and cost-effective space launch capabilities"
8.4.2026
#MinotaurIV #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SpaceForce #STPS29A #USA #Vandenberg
CHANDLER, Ariz.– April 8, 2026 – Northrop Grumman Corporation launched the STP-S29A mission aboard a Minotaur IV launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, marking the 31st successful Minotaur launch since its inaugural flight in 2000.
#PhotoOfTheDay is a shot of the payload release from a candy-filled rocket!
We were with our son for his high school's rocket club/class day of launches of their large rockets, and this was the big finale. The kids went ape over it. 😁
#IsarAerospace:
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Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ launch window opens NET 9 April
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"Isar Aerospace is targeting NET 9 April to launch Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ during the available launch window, which opens at 8pm UTC; 10pm CEST. The final date remains subject to weather, safety and range infrastructure. .."
https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview
8.4.2026
#Andøya #OnwardAndUpward #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SpaceFlight #Spectrum
#Avio:
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FLIGHT VV29 LAUNCH POSTPONEMENT
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".. launch of the Smile satellite has been postponed, due to a technical issue occurred on a subsystem component production line after VV29 launcher integration.
Additional investigations are needed..
The new launch date will be announced following the completion of these activities, as agreed with the supplier."
https://www.avio.com/press-release/flight-vv29-launch-postponement
5.4.2026
#China #ESA #Kourou #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #rocketry #SMILE #SpaceFlight #Vega #VegaC #VV29
Kourou (French Guiana) 5 April 2026 - The launch of the Smile satellite has been postponed, due to a technical issue occurred on a subsystem component production line after VV29 launcher integration.Additional investigations are needed to exclude any relation between such issue and the VV29 launcher in order to safeguard flightworthiness.
FreeCAD: It IS Rocket Science!
In full disclosure the author of this post is involved in model, amateur and high power rocketry so forgive their over excitement! This blogpost highlights a fabulous video from #NARCON around using #FreeCAD for #Rocket design analysis using #CFD #rocketry
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/04/03/freecad-it-is-rocket-science/
#Xinhua:
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A flight test of China's Tianlong-3 Y1 private commercial carrier rocket failed on Friday after the rocket's launch from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.
Having blasted off at 12:17 p.m. (Beijing Time), the commercial rocket experienced an anomaly during flight, resulting in the failure of the mission.
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https://english.news.cn/20260403/7d8607d147634a0483140c1993ea02e3/c.html
3.4.2026
#China #JSLC #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocket #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpacePioneer #Tianlong3 #TL3
#SCMP:
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China launches heavyweight rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9. It fails
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"Flight anomaly delays ambitions for Tianlong-3 to start delivering satellites for Chinese megaconstellations"
".. lifted off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gobi desert at 12.17pm on Friday"
3.4.2026
#China #JSLC #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocket #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpacePioneer #Tianlong3 #TL3
#CSA:
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To the Moon: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen lifts off for Artemis II
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".. Mélanie Joly congratulated ..CSA astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen as the first Canadian to venture to the Moon aboard Artemis II,... He is joined by NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch on this nearly 10-day mission. .."
https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2026/03/april-1st-2026--longueuil-quebec.html
1.4.2026
#Artemis #ArtemisII #Canada #KSC #LC38B #Mond #moon #NASA #Orion #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly congratulates Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen as the first Canadian to venture to the Moon aboard Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972.
Mike Roberts
RTN
David Croyle
FreeCAD
