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The CAPSTONE Smallsat Arrives Safely @ Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand + Payload Integration Started For The Lunar Orbit Mission

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has revealed that the CAPSTONE spacecraft has arrived at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, in preparation for launch to lunar orbit. With the spacecraft now at the launch site, Rocket Lab will begin payload integration with the Electron rocket and Photon spacecraft bus ahead of the launch […]

Dawn Aerospace Wins Blue Canyon’s X-SAT Saturn-Class Propulsion Business

Dawn Aerospace Wins Blue Canyon’s X-SAT Saturn-Class Propulsion Business Dawn Aerospace, a Netherlands-, New Zealand-and U.S.-based space transportation company, has been selected by Blue Canyon Technologies to provide turnkey chemical propulsion systems for the X-SAT Saturn satellite bus. Dawn will supply thrusters, tanks, control electronics, and full-service support in logistics and propellant loading for the […]

Phantom Space Orders 200+ Rocket Engines From Ursa Major

Phantom Space Corporation, a space applications company, has an agreement to purchase more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major, an American, independent, pure-play, rocket propulsion company. The order includes Ursa Major’s 5,000-Pound Thrust Hadley engines and the new 50,000-pound thrust Ripley engines. By using Ursa Major’s Hadley engines, Phantom’s Daytona rocket is slated for […]

Astra Space Announces Electric Propulsion System Contract With LeoStella

Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) and LeoStella LLC (“LeoStella”) has announced a contract for Astra to provide multiple Astra Spacecraft Engines for LeoStella satellites — Astra is expected to begin delivering the propulsion systems later this year and into 2023. LeoStella designs and manufactures operational satellites cost effectively and at scale. Astra’s Spacecraft Engine […]

IVO Ltd. Introduces A Propulsion First — A Pure Electric Thruster For Satellites

IVO Ltd. has unveiled their IVO Quantum Drive, the first pure electric thruster for satellites that uses zero fuel and brings unmatched efficiency, scalability and capability to the space industry. Built upon the basis of quantized inertia, the IVO Quantum Drive is the world’s first, commercially viable and available, pure electric propulsion technology to achieve […]

The Largest RL10 Engine Contract Received By Aerojet-Rocketdyne From ULA

United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently awarded the largest RL10 contract ever to Aerojet Rocketdyne to deliver 116 RL10C-X engines for its Vulcan Centaur rocket The new engines will support ULA as it works to fulfill its commitments under a contract they recently received from Amazon, as part of the largest commercial launch contract in history, […]

Precious Payload + IENAI Space Partnership Develop Space Mobility Tech

Precious Payload has announced the first API software integration of their Launch.ctrl product for the space mobility company, IENAI SPACE. IENAI provides end-to-end in-space propulsion solutions, allowing engineers to intuitively design their thrusters using open-access cloud platform, ienai GO. Previously, teams had to painstakingly iterate on the on-board propulsion system requirements and launcher options, since […]

Northrop Grumman GEMs Empower The ULA GOES-T Launch

Four, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), 63-inch-diameter, Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63), solid rocket boosters helped successfully launch and deploy the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on March 2, 2022. The GEM 63 boosters provided approximately 1.5 million pounds […]

Dawn Aerospace Propulsion To Empower Pixxel’s Hyperspectral Imaging Smallsats

Dawn Aerospace is providing satellite propulsion to hyperspectral imaging company Pixxel, who is building a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of hyperspectral imaging small satellites. Pixxel’s constellation will serve industries like agriculture, resources, energy, and sustainability, providing valuable insights into productivity and environmental management. Compared to standard multispectral imaging, Pixxel’s hyperspectral technology […]