General Space News.

[Sandhi Yudha]

The Soyuz-5, a new generation medium-lift carrier rocket, was launched from the Baikonur Spaceport at 21:00 Moscow time (6:00 p.m. GMT) on Thursday 30 April. The capacity of the Soyuz-5 is between the Soyuz-2 and the Angara A5.
Soyuz-5 carrier rocket launched from Baikonur — Roscosmos

Russia's new homegrown Soyuz 5 rocket aces debut launch

The launch.

Soyuz-5: the New Russian Rocket Debuts from Baikonur | Space Voyaging

 

[Ananda]

After China succesful capture on reusable rocket (put it on Chinese Space thread), Japan shown they can also entering space reusable game too.

 

[Ananda]

Xinhua News | Chinese Gravity-1 rocket launches new satellites from sea

China on Wednesday sent a Gravity-1 carrier rocket into space from waters off the coast of Shanghai in east China, marking a complete success for this flight...

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China Sea Launch rocket call Gravity-1 launch 9 satelites from water near Shanghai.

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

For firework lovers.
A chinese Long March 7A rocket was launched on 10 August, with an unknown load, but around 1,5 minutes after lift-off, it change into a beautiful fireball.

Chinese Rocket 'Snapped In Half' And Exploded




Also yesterday (10 August 2026) an H3-22S rocket has launched the QZS-7. The QZS-7 (Michibiki No.7) is a Japanese navigation satellite that will consist part of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). With the launch of QZS-7, the QZSS will expand from a GNSS augmentation service to an independent regional navigation satellite system (RNSS) covering the Asia-Pacific region.

 

[Sandhi Yudha]

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST or RST) is a NASA infrared space telescope that was launched on a trajectory toward a Sun–Earth L2 orbit two days ago on 30 August 2026 by a Falcon Heavy Block 5 launch vehicle.

Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next ‘great observatory,’ poised for Sunday launch – Spaceflight Now

 

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German startup Isar Aerospace has completed their first orbital flight of a "Spectrum" launcher from Andoya in Norway. The flight deployed six cubesats in SSO.

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The actual launch takes place at around timestamp 0:58:20.

Spectrum is designed somewhat similarly to early SpaceX Falcon launchers, utilizing a single engine design in clusters in both stages. Intended maximum payload is 1000 kg to LEO. The company is aiming more towards mass-launching, intending for a cadence capacity of up to 40 flights per year, with a focus on military and organizational loads.