Maxar has successfully completed the spacecraft Accommodation Critical Design Review (CDR) for the On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM-1) mission, a major milestone that paves the way for the team […]
Engines / Thrusters
Dawn Aerospace’s Smallsat Green Propellant Thruster Proves Itself On-Orbit With D-Orbit’s ION Space Tug
Dawn Aerospace has confirmed the company’s novel satellite thruster has been proven in space —six thrusters were onboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier — the companies have been working together since […]
Astrobotic Selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket for Griffin-VIPER Moon Mission
Astrobotic announced its selection of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket in a competitive commercial procurement to launch its Griffin lunar lander to the Moon in late 2023. Griffin will be carrying […]
Final Acceptance Test For The RS-68A Rocket Engine Completed By Aerojet Rocketdyne For ULA’s Delta IV Heavy
Aerojet Rocketdyne‘s RS-68A, completed its final hot-fire acceptance test for use on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle on the B-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis […]
Solar Electric Propulsion System Hot Fire Testing Completed By Maxar + Busek
Maxar Technologies and Busek Co. confirmed successful completion of an end-to-end hot fire test campaign validating all major elements of the 6 kW solar electric propulsion (SEP) subsystem being designed […]
NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket Gets Ready For Launch As It Passes Key Test
The largest rocket element NASA has ever built, the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, fired its four RS-25 engines for 8 minutes and 19 seconds Thursday at NASA’s […]
Accion Systems + NanoAvionics US Sign Space Propulsion Partnership Agreement
Accion Systems has signed a new partnership agreement with NanoAvionics US Inc. — the TILE in-space propulsion system will be listed as a preferred option for all appropriate missions that […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne Shareholders Approve Company Acquisition By Lockheed Martin
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) has announced that, at a special meeting held on March 9, 2021, the company’s stockholders approved the merger agreement providing for the proposed acquisition […]
Astrobotic Selects Lander Engines & More for Griffin/VIPER Mission
The good news is that procurements with these innovative propulsion companies demonstrates a vigorous U.S. industrial base, with small businesses leading the way… Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (GM1) team selected […]
ASTRA Selected By NASA To Provide TROPICS Mission Launch Services
NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The […]