Rocket Lab will stream the launch live, beginning 30 minutes before liftoff. You can watch live via the company and here at Space.com if, as expected, Rocket Lab makes the webcast available. The mission, which Rocket Lab calls "Full Stream Ahead," will send the Gen-3 satellite to a circular orbit 292 miles (470 kilometers) above Earth.

China launches classified Shijan-26 satellite with Long March 4B rocket China carried out its ninth launch of the month early Thursday, sending the secretive Shijian-26 spacecraft into orbit.

A Tokyo-based rocket startup said on Wednesday it will test-launch a prototype in the United States in December using an American engine, aiming to achieve the first U.S.-Japan joint commercial launch and address Japan's rocket shortage.

NS-32 marks the 32nd mission for Blue Origin and the 12th human flight for the New Shepard program.

Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace have given a name to the future medium-lift rocket they plan to build: Eclipse.

China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

SpaceX launched its ninth Starship flight test without a major explosion on Tuesday from its facility in South Texas. Starship was loaded with more than 10.8 million pounds of propellant in the minutes before launch.