Space companies, like SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, are paid a specific amount that's mission-specific from NASA or the Defense Department. For example, SpaceX was contracted to launch the ...

Space Systems Command, which oversees the military's launch program, announced Monday that it is reassigning the launch of a Global Positioning System satellite from ULA's Vulcan rocket to SpaceX ...

Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

With the successful deployment of its 1000th satellite, Starlink is very clearly in the lead of this new space race ... mission is to "launch the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) 3 ...

Update: The launch is now scheduled for 1:36 p.m. PT (4:36 p.m. ET) Friday, May 23, the Vandenberg Space Force Base said in an updated launch alert. If needed, additional launch opportunities are ...

Any Arizona mountain park is a good spot to see a rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California. Because of the launch site's proximity, Arizona residents across a large ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage ...

This photo released by Indian Space Research Organization shows the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite on board the PSLV-C61 launch vehicle at Sriharikota space center in southern India ...