Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has set the launch window for the company’s 53rd Electron Launch — this mission will be the second of five dedicated launches for the […]
Archives for September 2024
Aegis Aerospace creates new U.S. HQ
Aegis Aerospace Inc. has consolidated its Houston, Texas facilities by combining its corporate headquarters, previously in Nassau Bay, Texas, and its Space System Development and Operations Center (SSDOC) — this […]
Ovzon receives additional order from U.S. DoD for Ovzon T7
Ovzon has received a second order from the United States Department of Defense for the company’s most recent, mobile, satellite terminal, the Ovzon T7. The order value amounts to $0.4 […]
Equatorial Launch Australia announces a new Head of Business Development
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), owner and operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) in Australia, has announced Nina Patz as the company’s new Head of Business Development. Nina’s appointment adds to […]
SpaceX files new launch schedule with FAA for Polaris Dawn as first available window opens
A new launch date for SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission is set after crews were delayed several times due to system checks, a helium leak, and most recently, unfavorable weather. SpaceX […]
Ariane Space readies for last Vega rocket launch to send Sentinel-2C on multispectral imager mission
The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is ready for liftof on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be on ESA WebTV […]
SpaceX plans Thursday launch of NROL-113 reconnaissance satellites for secret government mission
A third batch of NROL satellites will be launched Thursday, September 5, at 6:14 PM – 10:14 PM PDT for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman […]
SpaceX Starlink smallsat group 8-11 launch Wednesday
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch a batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Wednesday, September 4 at 5:59 AM – 9:59 AM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40, […]
Equatorial Space concludes hybrid motor testing
Equatorial Space has concluded their H150 test campaign at the Company’s new test facility in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Propelled by the company’s proprietary solid fuel formulation, the HRF-1AL and […]
Light guiding optics from Optical Surfaces
Dichroic beamsplitters from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are commonly used as light guiding optics in telescope spectrographs and to enable multichannel CCD cameras to simultaneously acquire images in different colors — beamsplitters operate by dividing an incident beam […]