Maritime Launch Services, the owner of Canada’s first commercial spaceport, has announced that Nanoracks, a Voyager Space company and a leading, commercial, payload provider to the International Space Station (ISS), […]
Launch Facilities
Space Systems Command’s STP-3 Satellites Now Encapsulated Aboard ULA’s Atlas V 551 Launch Vehicle At Cape Canaveral AFS
Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 integrated payload stack, which contains the STP Satellite (STPSat)-6 and the Long Duration Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA), or LDPE-1 […]
Rocket Lab Launches Have The Support Of New Zealand’s Air Traffic Controllers
As Rocket Lab’s Electron rockets take off into space, New Zealand’s air traffic controllers are ensuring a safe passage through controlled airspace. Airways New Zealand, the country’s air navigation service […]
Aussie’s Optus-11 Satellite To Be Launched By Arianespace’s Ariane 6
This satellite will expand the capacity of the operator’s current geostationary orbit constellation — making it the largest constellation ever deployed by an Australian company. Arianespace and Australian operator SingTel […]
RFA and Lúnasa’s MoU Will Provide Flexible Cost-Effective In-Orbit Services
These two companies are consolidating their partnership in the field of space logistics to offer small satellite customers flexible and cost-effective launch services. Lúnasa Ltd. and Rocket Factory Augsburg AG […]
UPDATE: Rocket Lab Sets A New Launch Date For Their Electron Launch Of Two BlackSky Smallsats
According to Rocket Lab, a ground sensor reading is the cause for the firm’s delay of their “Love At First Insight” launch of the BlackSky EO smallsats. This halt in […]
Rocket Lab Names A VP Of Government Operations + Business Strategy
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has appointed Andrew Bunker to the role of Vice President of Government Operations and Business Strategy, effective November 8, 2021. Mr. Bunker will be […]
Setting The Stage For Launches From Japan Is Virgin Orbit’s MoU With ANA Holdings
Virgin Orbit in a planned business combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (“NextGen”) (NASDAQ: NGCA) has announced that the company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with ANA […]
The Orbex Environmentally Friendly Prime Rocket To Be Launched From Scotland
The carbon footprint of launching the new Orbex Prime space rocket will be up to 96 percent lower than comparable space launch programs, a new scientific study has revealed. Prime […]
Astra Must Delay Their USSF Payload Launch
On October 12, 2021, Astra announced that a launch window would open on October 27, 2021, for a commercial orbital launch on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF) […]