Rocket Lab’s next Electron Launch will be the 6th mission for iQPS
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for its next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company—this mission will be Electron’s 74th launch to date and 16th ...
INNOSPACE obtains launch authorization for 1st commercial launch mission ‘SPACEWARD’
INNOSPACE (KS:462350), a South Korean satellite launch service company, announced that it has become the first private company to obtain a commercial launch authorization from the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)—with this authorization, INNOSPACE has completed all approval procedures for the maiden ...
Rocket Lab launches Synspective’s “Owl New World” mission with improved SAR capabilities
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 15th mission of the year and the first of 21 new launches for Synspective and 73rd launch overall. Photos captured by Satnews ...
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SpaceX plans 2 Wednesday launches: Starlink smallsat Group 11-5 + SpainSat NGII from both coasts
Group 11-5 with 28 Starlink smallsats to launch from California SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 28 Starlink smallsats Group 11-5 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg ...
Planet awarded Luno B contract by NGA for AI-enabled solutions
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has been awarded a contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Luno B indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The $12.8 million initial award is for Advanced Analytics for Maritime Operations and Reconnaissance ...
Arianespace delays launch of Ariane 64
Arianespace will be delaying the launch of the Ariane 64, and declined to give a projected launch date but will announce the date about one month ahead of the launch. Arianespace reports that the first Ariane 64 will carry a ...
EU wants UK participation in IRIS2
Laurent Jaffart, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications at the European Space Agency (ESA), has spoken encouragingly about the UK participating in the EU’s IRIS2 super-constellation being assembled by the SpaceRISE consortium. Jaffart was questioned on the possibility of the ...
ULA’s Atlas V ready to launch VIASAT-3 Flight 2 enhancing global connectivity
ULA's Atlas V will soon be launching the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 ultra-high-capacity broadband spacecraft that is the second of three ultra-high-capacity satellites for Viasat, a global technology company. Designed to significantly increase their global internet bandwidth capacity ViaSat is helping ...
Intellian launches 2 Iridium Certus GMDSS systems for mariners
Intellian Technologies and Iridium Communications Inc. have launched Intellian’s new Iridium Certus® GMDSS Systems. The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is an internationally mandated safety system established by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). It is estimated that more ...
Northrop Grumman completes Sentinel launch support system CDR
Northrop Grumman Sentinel Launch Support System Passes Critical Design Review (Photo Credit: Northrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, has completed a critical design review (CDR) for the Sentinel Launch Support System (LSS), paving the ...
SUPARCO launches Pakistan’s 1st hyperspectral satellite
The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has achieved a major milestone with the successful launch of Pakistan's first Hyperspectral Satellite (HS-1) from the Chinese Satellite Launch Centre. HS-1 is equipped with advanced hyperspectral imaging technology capable of ...
HyImpulse obtains €45 million in Series A funding for “Made in Europe” rocket technology
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH has raised €15 million in equity capital as part of its Series A funding round and secured an additional €30 million in financing. HyImpulse will use the new capital to drive forward the development and commercialization of ...
Two SpaceX launches on Sunday + launches for the week as SpaceX does doubles
SpaceX Group 10-17 smallsats send off from sunny California Two SpaceX launches on Sunday, October 19, from each coast began in sunny California with Falcon 9 launching 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space ...
