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UPDATE: A “major anomaly” occurred during the mission that resulted in the loss of the payload. Earlier, Arianespace restarted launch operations for Flight VV15 as weather conditions were improving over the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Arianespace has restarted launch operations for Flight VV15 as weather conditions are improving over the Spaceport in French Guiana.

The first flight of the Russian recoverable stage of the Krylo-SV launch vehicle is scheduled for 2021-2022, Director-General of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects Andrei Grigoryev was quoted as saying.

Virgin Orbit has released a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jetliner in mid-air in a key test of its high-altitude launch system for satellites, the company said.

The LightSail 2 mission team has delayed deployment of the spacecraft’s solar sail until at least 21 July 2019 to conduct additional attitude control system testing and potentially update the spacecraft’s flight software.

Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter ending 31 March 2019.

Rocket Lab said it is celebrating completion of the company’s 100th Rutherford engine.

SES has signed two agreements with the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that the company said will result in the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment.