The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, together with United Launch Alliance and its mission partners, have launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman-built Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) […]
Launch Facilities
All Systems Go As ULA’s Atlas V Preps For Tomorrow’s Launch Of U.S. Space Force’s USSF-8
The L-1 memo today from ULA indicates: The ULA Launch Readiness Review is complete, and everything continues to progress towards the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the USSF-8 mission for […]
New CTO @ Arianespace Is Named
Pierre-Yves Tissier will succeed Roland Lagier upon his retirement. He will report to Stéphane Israël, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and will join the company’s Executive Committee. Pierre-Yves Tissier started […]
A Dedicated Rocket Lab Mission Has Been Secured For BlackSky Through Launch Services Provider Spaceflight Inc.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for the firm’s first Electron mission in 2022, a dedicated mission for BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) through global launch services […]
Virgin Orbit’s Latest Mission Successfully Reaches Above The Clouds With Seven Satellites
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) successfully deployed into orbit all seven customer satellites onboard the company’s LauncherOne rocket during the Above the Clouds mission. Virgin Orbit’s 747 carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl […]
Smallest Satellite Deployed In Space Hosts A Hall Thruster Provided By Singapore’s Aliena
Aliena Pte Ltd (Aliena), a Singapore-based space tech company that enables mobility of small satellites through their core-technology – Hall thrusters, has made history by deploying their engines on the […]
Turkey’s Mini Satellite Grizu-263A Set To Launch On January 13
Designed by the Grizu-263 space team of students from the Bülent Ecevit University in the northern province of Zonguldak, Turkey’s first PocketQube satellite project, Grizu-263A, will be launched into space on January 13 with […]
Arianespace To Launch ESA’s FLEX & ALTIUS Satellites Via Vega-C Rocket
A contract signed with Arianespace secures the joint launch for two satellites that will further the knowledge of our home planet. Scheduled to lift off on a new class of […]
Arianespace To Launch PLATiNO 1 + 2 Smallsats For Italian Space Agency
Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by SITAEL, with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as the final customer, to orbit PLATiNO 1 and 2 satellites. The action should occur […]
Scotland’s Preswick Spaceport Continues To Advance Plans For Smallsat Launches
The South Ayrshire Council in Preswick, Scotland, has started the process of submitting a formal planning application for the Prestwick Spaceport development. The Proposal of Application Notice (POAN) is the […]