NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S CYGNUS SUPPLY SHIP DEPARTS SPACE STATION - A commercial Cygnus supply ship from Northrop Grumman departed the International Space Station Tuesday, completing a four-month stay after delivering more than 8,000 pounds of cargo and boosting the research lab into a slightly higher orbit. The Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1B in New Zealand at 5:55 a.m. MoreĮLECTRON LAUNCHES CAPSTONE LUNAR CUBESAT - An Electron rocket successfully launched a NASA-funded cubesat mission June 28 that will test the stability of the orbit around the moon the agency plans to use for future Artemis lunar missions. There was a two-hour window for SpaceX’s launch Wednesday, and the official launch weather outlook predicted an 80% chance of favor. SPACEX LAUNCHES SES BROADCASTING SATELLITE - SpaceX launched a television broadcasting satellite Wednesday for SES, with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral occurring at 5:04 p.m. The mission, named Straight Up, consists of seven satellit. The decision was made prior to the take off of Cosmic Girl, the carrier aircraft. VIRGIN ORBIT DELAYS LAUNCH OF SEVEN SATELLITES FOR US SPACE FORCE AND NASA - Virgin Orbit has scrubbed the launch the fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”.

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