The force that sends a rocket into space is amazing, and Aerojet Rocketdyne did just that. Aerojet Rocketdyne powered the recent successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta […]
Archives for December 2020
UPDATE: Spaceflight’s Orbital Transfer Vehicles Have Launches In Sight
Spaceflight will launch 16 payloads on the upcoming SXRS-3 mission, slated for early 2021. Of the 16 payloads Spaceflight is managing on this launch, 14 of them will launch on Spaceflight’s Sherpa-FX orbital transfer […]
ORBCOMM Wins IDIQ Contract For Army Assets Tracking Program
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has won a single-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract of up to $45.6 million with the U.S. Army for its Next Generation Tag (NGT) program, […]
Arianespace Flight VS25 Taking Shape Within Integration Center
The launcher for Arianespace’s next Soyuz flight from French Guiana is taking shape inside the Spaceport’s MIK integration building. This vehicle will be used for the 25th Spaceport mission with […]
Firefly Black To Fly Cubesat Constellations For NASA’s VCLS Demo 2
Firefly Black, LLC has been selected by NASA for the launch of Mission Two of the Venture Class Launch Service Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) contract — Mission Two involves […]
Inmarsat’s Most Powerful Satellite — GX5 — Enters Service
Inmarsat has announced the Commercial Service Introduction (CSI) of GX5, the company’s newest, most powerful geostationary satellite to date. GX5 is the 14th satellite currently in service with Inmarsat and […]
Viasat’s ‘No Speed Limit’ Ka-Band IFC Now Available On Gulfstream G280 Aircraft
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced their Ka-band ‘no speed limit’ business aviation in-flight connectivity (IFC) service is now available on the super mid-size Gulfstream G280™ airframe. Viasat removed internet […]
A Full Mission Launch Set For TriSept’s Satellite Mix Aboard Relativity’s 3D Printed Terran 1 Rocket
Supporting a rideshare manifest with a mix of small and large satellites, TriSept Corporation has selected Relativity Space for a full mission aboard Relativity’s Terran 1, the world’s first entirely […]
United Launch Alliance Rocks NROL-44 Mission Launches to Support National Security
This morning’s notification indicated a delay of ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket on a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. To recap, the United launch Alliance rocket departed Space Launch […]
Thales Alenia Space Delivers Euclid High Gain Antenna For Satellite Integration
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has delivered the K-band high gain antenna to be integrated with the rest of the Euclid satellite in […]