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 […]
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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 […]
Arianespace Selected By EUSPA To Launch 8 New Galileo Satellites
The European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) has selected Arianespace to launch four new Galileo satellites for Europe’s own satellite navigation system. With this order, EUSPA takes over […]