Rocketry Videos

Ariane 5 ECA Launch with Intelsat-17 & HYLAS-1 (2010-11-29) (DELETED)

November 26, 2010 - Kourou Space Center. The fifth Arianespace mission of 2010 orbited two telecommunications payloads today: one for an emerging new player in the broadband marketplace; and the ... [View]

Beidou-2 G4 Launched atop CZ-3C chinese rocket (2010-11-04) (NEW)

October 31, 2010 - Xichang Satellite Launch Center. China launched its sixth Beidou navigation satellite Sunday, reaching another step in a program to provide precise positioning services across the ... [View]

KSLV-1 "Naro-1" Second Test Flight EXPLODED after lift off (HD) (2010-06-12) (DELETED)

June 10, 2010 - Naro Space Center. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle, or KSLV 1, blasted off from the Naro Space Center at 0801 GMT (4:01 am EDT), or at 5:01 pm local time. The rocket flew through a ... [View]

Long March 3C Launched Beidou-2 G1 / First Launch of 2010 (2010-01-21) (DELETED)

January 16, 2010 - Xichang Satellite Launch Center. A Chinese Long March rocket hauled a new navigation satellite to a high-altitude perch over Earth on Saturday, marking the first space launch of ... [View]

Minotaur 4 rocket Launch with Military SBSS satellite (2010-09-27) (DELETED)

September 25, 2010 - Vandenberg Air Force Base. Orbital, one of the world's leading space technology companies, today announced that it successfully launched the US Air Force's Space Based Space ... [View]

Progress M-02M (33) succesfully launches atop Soyuz-U rocket (2009-05-08) (DELETED)

May 7, 2009 - Baikonur Cosmodrome. Flying atop a Russian Soyuz U booster, the Progress M-02M spacecraft rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1837 GMT (2:37 pm EDT). A ... [View]

Progress M-10M (42) Launched atop Soyuz-U rocket (2011-04-30)

April 27, 2011 - Baikonur Cosmodrome. At 17 hours: 05 minutes: 21 seconds Moscow Time transport cargo vehicle Progress M-10M was launched. The launch is aimed at ensuring further in-orbit operation ... [View]

QSZ-1 MICHIBIKI Launches atop H-2A japanese rocket (HD) (2010-09-12) (DELETED)

September 11, 2010 - Tanegashima Space Center. The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18 (H-IIA F18) with the first quasi-zenith satellite "MICHIBIKI" onboard was launched at 8:17 pm on September 11 (Japan ... [View]

Rockot Launch with Gonets-M 2 & two Strela-3 Russian Satellites (2010-09-10) (DELETED)

September 8, 2010 - Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Three small communications satellite blasted off Wednesday from northern Russia into low Earth orbit on a converted ballistic missile. The 95-foot-tall ... [View]

Shavit-2 rocket Launch with OFEQ-9 Spy Satellite (HD) (2010-06-24) (DELETED)

June 22, 2010 - Palmachim Air Base. "Today 06.22.2010 at 22:00 hrs, Israel's "Ofeq 9" satellite was launched and successfully injected into orbit by means of a "Shavit" satellite launcher. In the ... [View]

Soyuz TMA-02M Night Launch to the ISS from Baikonur (2011-06-09)

June 7, 2011 - Baikonur Cosmodrome. At 00:12 Moscow time, June 8, Russian crew vehicle Soyuz TMA-02M was launched by Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur's pad 1 (Gagarin's Launch Pad). The vehicle will ... [View]

STS-132 Space Shuttle Atlantis Final Launch (HD-1080p) (2010-05-16) (DELETED)

May 14, 2010 - Kennedy Space Center. The space shuttle Atlantis launched majestically into space Friday on its final planned orbital trek before NASA retires the reusable space plane and its two ... [View]