Amazon's LN-01 is the first launch on the New Glenn launch vehicle. | The strengthening almost didn’t come…almost. Could have been an explosive night if the plume was pointing in a different angle. Also I wonder if we will even see @Amazonleo LN-01 (1st launch on New Glenn) before LV-01 happens now… | Feb 12, 2026 |
Vulcan experienced a similar solid rocket booster nozzle loss on the Certification-2 mission. | Uhhh....that's not great. Looks like Vulcan may have lost one of its SRB nozzles again... A burnthrough happens at T+0:29, and then looks like the full nozzle falls off at T+1:06. Vulcan also had this issue on the Certification-2 mission. 📸 & ULA | Feb 12, 2026 |
Vulcan experienced a burnthrough in one of its solid rocket booster nozzles at T+0:29 during the observed flight. | Uhhh....that's not great. Looks like Vulcan may have lost one of its SRB nozzles again... A burnthrough happens at T+0:29, and then looks like the full nozzle falls off at T+1:06. Vulcan also had this issue on the Certification-2 mission. 📸 & ULA | Feb 12, 2026 |
One of Vulcan’s solid rocket booster nozzles detached at approximately T+1:06 during the observed flight. | Uhhh....that's not great. Looks like Vulcan may have lost one of its SRB nozzles again... A burnthrough happens at T+0:29, and then looks like the full nozzle falls off at T+1:06. Vulcan also had this issue on the Certification-2 mission. 📸 & ULA | Feb 12, 2026 |
Vulcan experienced a similar SRB nozzle loss on the Certification-2 mission. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63XL solid rocket motor has a maximum thrust of 463,249 lbf. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63XL total length is 864 inches while the GEM63 total length is 791 inches. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
Vulcan uses the GEM63XL solid rocket boosters, which are a stretched version of the GEM63 used on Atlas. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63XL maximum thrust of 463,249 lbf is about 25% higher than the GEM63 maximum thrust of 370,835 lbf. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63XL burn time is 87.3 seconds while the GEM63 burn time is 97.6 seconds. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63 and GEM63XL motors share the same motor diameter of 63 inches. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63 solid rocket motor has a maximum thrust of 370,835 lbf. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
A burnthrough on a Vulcan launch was observed at T+0:29 and the full SRB nozzle detached at T+1:06 in the provided launch video. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The GEM63XL total mass is 117,700 lb and the GEM63 total mass is 108,600 lb. | Vulcan uses the same SRB's as Atlas, they're just longer, but only Vulcan is having problems. I suspect this is because Vulcan's GEM63XL's have 25% more thrust then Atlas' GEM63's, but I think the nozzle is identical. Maybe the nozzle is not able to handle the higher thrust? | Feb 12, 2026 |
The smaller top dispenser ring is shown carrying five satellites in the render. | That's a surprisingly detailed render of the Amazon Leo payload stack for LE-01. Like Atlas V, there are 3 dispenser rings with 9 satellites each. But there then is a smaller dispenser ring on top capable of carrying 6 satellites, which in this case carries 5 satellites. | Feb 12, 2026 |
Amazon's LEO payload stack for LE-01 features three dispenser rings each carrying nine satellites. | That's a surprisingly detailed render of the Amazon Leo payload stack for LE-01. Like Atlas V, there are 3 dispenser rings with 9 satellites each. But there then is a smaller dispenser ring on top capable of carrying 6 satellites, which in this case carries 5 satellites. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The LE-01 payload stack includes a smaller top dispenser ring with capacity for six satellites. | That's a surprisingly detailed render of the Amazon Leo payload stack for LE-01. Like Atlas V, there are 3 dispenser rings with 9 satellites each. But there then is a smaller dispenser ring on top capable of carrying 6 satellites, which in this case carries 5 satellites. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The Vulcan launch experienced a solid rocket motor performance anomaly. | Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The Vulcan booster and Centaur upper stage performed nominally and delivered the spacecraft directly to the intended orbit. | Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas. | Feb 12, 2026 |
United Launch Alliance had planned to launch GPS III SV10 on Vulcan as its next mission. | Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas. | Feb 12, 2026 |
United Launch Alliance will conduct an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. | Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas. | Feb 12, 2026 |
USSF-87 is a national security spacecraft that includes a "neighborhood watch" mission to patrol the strategic high ground of space. | Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas. | Feb 12, 2026 |
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket delivered USSF-87 to geosynchronous orbit. | Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas. | Feb 12, 2026 |
Arianespace’s VA267 mission launched on February 12, 2026 using the Ariane 64 configuration of Ariane 6. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The VA267 mission placed 32 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
VA267 was the first launch of the Amazon Leo constellation performed with a European launcher. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
Arianespace demonstrated Ariane 6 in its full-power Ariane 64 configuration to support large-scale constellation deployments. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
Amazon Leo is a Low Earth Orbit satellite network intended to deliver internet to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
VA267 was the first of a series of 18 Ariane 6 launches contracted by Amazon Leo. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
Amazon shipped the satellites for the Amazon Leo launch to French Guiana on January 23, 2026. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
VA267 was the first Ariane 6 launch in the Ariane 64 configuration, which is equipped with four boosters. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The VA267 mission released all 32 satellites as planned after a mission lasting 1 hour and 54 minutes. | Mission success for Amazon Leo LE-01 and the 1st Ariane 64! This was the 1st of 18 Amazon Leo launches on Ariane 6, and Arianespace has confirmed that the next will be another for Amazon! It looks like Amazon has already shipped the satellites to French Guyana on January 23rd. | Feb 12, 2026 |
Rocket Lab will conduct a suborbital HASTE mission named "That's Not A Knife". | Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC | Feb 12, 2026 |
The HASTE hypersonic test mission will launch from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) in Virginia. | Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC | Feb 12, 2026 |
Hazard areas indicate the HASTE launch is NET February 23 at 20:00 UTC. | Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC | Feb 12, 2026 |
The HASTE mission "That's Not A Knife" will carry Hypersonix’s DART-AE scramjet technology demonstrator inside the fairing. | Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC | Feb 12, 2026 |
Hypersonix’s DART-AE is a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. | Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC | Feb 12, 2026 |
The HASTE mission is for the Defense Innovation Unit to deploy a scramjet-powered aircraft by Hypersonix. | Rocket Lab announced their next mission! This will be a suborbital HASTE launch named "That's Not A Knife". Inside the comically long fairing will be Hypersonix' DART-AE, a hydrogen-fueled scramjet technology demonstrator. Hazard area's indicate launch is NET Feb. 23 at 20:00 UTC | Feb 12, 2026 |
The SD-3 launch carrying PRSC-EO2 was successful. | Mission successful of SD-3 launching PRSC-EO2. The launch was planned at yesterday. pics via | Feb 12, 2026 |
The SD-3 launch of PRSC-EO2 occurred on February 11, 2026. | Mission successful of SD-3 launching PRSC-EO2. The launch was planned at yesterday. pics via | Feb 12, 2026 |
SD-3 launched the PRSC-EO2 satellite. | Mission successful of SD-3 launching PRSC-EO2. The launch was planned at yesterday. pics via | Feb 12, 2026 |
iSpace secured D++ round funding of 5 billion rmb. | iSpace secured the D++ round funding of 5 billion rmb. Yeah it will survive. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The Proton-M rocket carrying the Electro-L No.5 meteorological satellite was installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome. | The state commission has allowed the fueling of Proton-M. Less than 8 hours left until the first Proton-M launch since 2023. If there will be a YouTube stream, I will post it, but here's a link to the live stream on VK: | Feb 12, 2026 |
This event is the first Proton-M launch since 2023. | The state commission has allowed the fueling of Proton-M. Less than 8 hours left until the first Proton-M launch since 2023. If there will be a YouTube stream, I will post it, but here's a link to the live stream on VK: | Feb 12, 2026 |
A state commission has allowed fueling of the Proton-M rocket. | The state commission has allowed the fueling of Proton-M. Less than 8 hours left until the first Proton-M launch since 2023. If there will be a YouTube stream, I will post it, but here's a link to the live stream on VK: | Feb 12, 2026 |
The launch of Proton-M with the Electro-L No.5 satellite is scheduled for February 12 at 13:52:15 local time (08:52:15 UTC). | The state commission has allowed the fueling of Proton-M. Less than 8 hours left until the first Proton-M launch since 2023. If there will be a YouTube stream, I will post it, but here's a link to the live stream on VK: | Feb 12, 2026 |
Roscosmos is broadcasting a livestream of the launch of the Elektro-L No.5 satellite. | And here's the YouTube stream. Should start at 11:00 Moscow Time. | Feb 12, 2026 |
A YouTube livestream for the Elektro-L No.5 launch is scheduled to start at 11:00 Moscow Time on February 12, 2026. | And here's the YouTube stream. Should start at 11:00 Moscow Time. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The YouTube livestream URL for the Elektro-L No.5 launch is youtube.com/live/dwiBFPB0Vgs. | And here's the YouTube stream. Should start at 11:00 Moscow Time. | Feb 12, 2026 |
The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) appears in the background of the photograph. | Block DM-03 with Elektro-L №5 satellite photographed in geostationary transfer orbit after today's launch of Proton-M. (short line above the center of the frame) In the background – NGC 2237 (Rosette Nebula). Source: | Feb 12, 2026 |