Orienspace's Gravity-1, the world's most powerful solid rocket, aced its third-ever mission on Tuesday (July 21), launching nine satellites to orbit from a ship at sea.

In 2022, India beat long-time spacefarers Russia to become the 3rd nation to see a privately designed and built rocket successfully reach space. Now just 4 years later, and the Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace has outdone itself.

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SpaceX did not state a reason for the July 20 launch abort. Liftoff occurred today (July 21) at 10:49 a.m. EDT.

SpaceX is preparing for the 12th launch of its Starship rocket, scheduled for May 19, 2026 at its Starbase headquarters south of Corpus Christi. This mission will debut Version 3 of Starship, the largest and most powerful iteration built by the company.

Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an on-target climb into a 280-mile-high orbit following liftoff from an island spaceport in the Bay of Bengal.

By Gopika Gopakumar and Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU, July 18 (Reuters) - Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace on Saturday launched the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, a key test of national efforts to compete for a bigger share of the global commercial launch market.

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Developed by ORIENSPACE, Gravity-1 holds the distinction of being the world's first medium-lift launch vehicle using all-solid-propellant strap-on motors. The 30-meter, 405-ton rocket delivers 600 tonnes of liftoff thrust and was assembled at the Oriental Aerospace Port in Haiyang.