Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a fixed-price NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract for a dedicated Alpha launch of the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission […]
Launch Contract
Rocket Lab signs 2nd multi-launch deal—eight Electron missions with iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed one of its largest Electron launch agreements to date in a second, multi-launch deal with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. […]
NASA awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope launch services contract
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide the launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact […]
Astranis secures another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch for additional GEO satellites
Astranis has signed a contract with SpaceX for another Falcon 9 launch, to launch five more MicroGEO satellites later this year. These satellites are headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) to […]
Rocket Lab to launch global wildfire detection and monitoring mission for OroraTech
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a contract for a responsive launch on Electron with Orora Technologies (OroraTech), a German company developing a satellite constellation to monitor wildfires […]
FOSSA Systems launches their new generation of nanosatellites
FOSSA Systems has launched the company’s new generation of satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aerospace startup is placing three FOSSASats into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 […]
NASA awards launch services contract for Dragonfly mission
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan — the mission […]
Reaction Dynamics to test their hybrid propulsion tech with Koonibba Test Range launch
Reaction Dynamics has signed a contract with Southern Launch to conduct the inaugural launch and flight of their RE-102 hybrid rocket engine and Aurora vehicle from the Koonibba Test Range […]
NASA selects launch provider for the new NOAA QuickSounder mission
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class […]
Rocket Lab’s Wednesday launch of Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star, “The IoT revolution is underway”
Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch the “Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star” mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Pad A during a launch window that opens September 18th, 2024 UTC. The […]