Launch
Second Vikram-1 first stage begins transfer to Sriharikota
The transfer starts a new campaign after July’s maiden orbital flight, but Skyroot has not announced a launch date or said that the next vehicle is integrated.
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Launch
Launch vehicles, test campaigns and the infrastructure carrying Indian spacecraft from the pad into orbit.
Commercial launch
FAA’s 4,288-operation high case is not a US launch count
The agency’s upper scenario covers commercial launches and re-entries through fiscal 2036, including US-licensed activity abroad. It still points to heavier work for licensing teams, busy ranges and shared airspace.
Launch
Sidus reiterates LizzieSat vibration-test completion in second-quarter results
The completion had been public since June 16; neither that announcement nor the August 14 results identifies the day the qualification work finished.
Launch cadence
SpaceX reaches 100 missions in 2026 with Starlink 17-50
Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg and B1097 landed after its 12th flight. The sources reviewed did not separately confirm deployment of the 24 satellites.
Launch infrastructure
Blue Origin outlines second LC-36 pad for New Glenn 9x4
LC-36B, new processing buildings and a hybrid integration flow would divide work between two pads. Neither 9x4’s debut nor the repaired LC-36A’s next launch has an exact date.
Launch
China resumes launches on two rockets after Long March 7A failure
Long March 12 carried nine catalogued spacecraft in the 24th Guowang batch, and Long March 2C placed the UAE’s SEO satellite into orbit; the earlier failure remains unexplained.
Launch
LandSpace lands Zhuque-3 booster after orbital launch
The Y2 flight put Honghu 03 into orbit and returned its first stage to a pad in Gansu. The landing proves recovery on this mission, not yet refurbishment or reflight.
Launch industry
Industry-built PSLV targets March 2027 launch
The reported date is at least nine months later than a Q1 2026 target disclosed to Parliament, although first-stage stacking began in December. No reviewed source gives a cause.
Launch
India proposes semi-cryogenic LVM3 for Chandrayaan-4 mission
An August 13 Rajya Sabha answer names the thrust chamber as the only SE2000 subsystem still unrealised, leaving full-power power-head and integrated-engine work ahead.
Launch
ISRO tests improved SSLV first stage for 100 kg payload gain
The SS1 firing exercised a higher propellant burn rate in two segments, revised thermal protection and nozzle-production changes, but the gain has not yet been demonstrated in flight.
Launch
Kulasekarapattinam operator search opens as construction continues
The latest project reply puts spending at ₹588.70 crore of ₹985.96 crore, while IN-SPACe seeks a private manager and leaves the commissioning date unstated.
Launch
Othisis publishes 3D-printed cryogenic engine hot-fire results
The Bengaluru startup now calls the liquid-oxygen/methane unit a nominal 5 kN engine after earlier reporting 4.5 kN, while test data and a reusable-vehicle demonstration remain undisclosed.