During a polar launch, the rocket must fly extremely south — over Cuba. After an accident during a satellite launch in late 1960 that caused a Thor rocket to destruct over Cuba, polar launches ...

During a polar launch, the rocket must fly extremely south — over Cuba. After an accident during a satellite launch in late 1960 caused a Thor rocket to destruct over Cuba, polar launches were ...

The secretive morning launch, which ascended from the Cape over the Atlantic Ocean, was not publicly announced. But unusual rocket-related navigational advisories released in recent days provided ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the launch site, calling the launch "an appropriate military action" to show North Korea's resolve to respond to its enemies ...

A 7-year-old launch company that has yet to have a rocket successfully lift off announced a radical pivot on Thursday. Its new plan? Focusing on missile defense. The founder and president of ABL ...

which would be the second such launch to put a satellite into orbit with the rocket. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the launch’s success. Footage later released by Iranian ...