Following its arrival at Cape Canaveral harbor in Florida,the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sounder satellite, with the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument on board, has been transported safely to the cleanroom at […]
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MTG-S1 + Sentinel-4 take a step closer to space
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission have arrived at Cape Canaveral harbor in the United States. The Sentinel-4 instrument, […]
Space Systems Command expands commercial space vehicle processing capacity
Contract awarded to support increased demands of both military and commercial launch activities, to include National Security Space priorities and improve the U.S. Space Force’s responsive and resilient launch capabilities. […]
Sidus Space’s 3D hybrid satellite ready for launch
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has successfully completed the launch processing of LizzieSatTM at the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Sidus team executed final […]
Lockheed Martin sends NOAA’s newest weather satellite to Florida for launch preparations
The next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-U has successfully arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin preparing for its spring launch. This is the final of four satellites all […]
NASA’s Psyche mission enters the home stretch before launch
With less than 100 days to go before the October 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida — teams of engineers and technicians are […]
NASA awards million$$$ spacecraft processing operations contract to Astrotech + SpaceX
NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from […]