Vaya Space will create a Brazilian subsidiary as part of their strategic plan to expand operations into South America. Vaya Space anticipates creating 200 direct jobs in Brazil over the […]
Engines / Thrusters
Launcher Brings The 3D Printed AMCM M 4K AM System Into Their High Performance E-2 Rocket To Launch Smallsats To LEO
Launcher has acquired the M 4K AM system from AMCM, an EOS Group company, to advance its high performance orbital launch vehicle strategy. The AMCM M 4K system enables Launcher […]
Smallsat Thruster Modules From ENPULSION Now In Orbital Transport’s SmallSat Catalog
The SmallSat Catalog from Orbital Transports has expanded their line of smallsat propulsion products with additions from ENPULSION of their NANO and MICRO product families broadens the range of capabilities […]
European Space Agency Contracts ArianeGroup For Prometheus Engine Development
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded ArianeGroup a new 135 million euro contract to continue the development of a set of reusable, very low cost, Prometheus engine demonstrators. Building […]
Critical Design Review For The OSAM-1 Mission Successfully Completed by Maxar
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 […]
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 […]