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Welcome to Edition 9.01 of Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about 20 take offs and landings we were very excited in 2026. The list included things that, at the time, were scheduled to happen this year. I also gave my opinion on the possibility of any of these events actually happening before December 31st. In the middle of the year, we can count one of the events that were completed, and that was the mission of NASA Artemis II in April. Many are planning for next year, again confirming that the delay will be constant aerospace industry. Two of them-such as the launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope– looks set to happen soon.
As always, we receiver reader receiver. If you don’t want to miss the news, please sign up using the box below (the form is not visible on pages with AMP). Each report will include information on small, medium, and cargo rockets, as well as a quick look at the next three topics on the calendar.
Swift Boost Mission hits the road. A pioneering mission to rehabilitate NASA’s Swift astronomy satellite launched Friday earlier this week has been hampered by bad weather and a technical problem. The Link servicing satellite developed by Katalyst Space Technologies rose atop a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket that descended from the belly of a modified L-1011 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean. Mission managers canceled two flights on Tuesday and Wednesday due to bad weather around the L-1011 site in Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. On Thursday, “an issue with the launch vehicle temporarily prevented the teams from launching the rocket” after liftoff on the L-1011.
