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PLD Space contracted by ESA and the EC for the Flight Ticket Initiative

PLD Space has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC) as one of the five companies that will launch institutional missions into space in […]

Firefly Aerospace selected by National Reconnaissance Office as launch provider with Alpha Rocket

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to serve as a launch provider with the firm’s Firefly’s Alpha rocket. As part of the NRO’s Streamlined […]

Update 1: Rocket Lab has delayed the launch the NorthStar SSA mission

UPDATE 1: The mission is now scheduled to launch no earlier than January 27 between 19:15-20:00 NZT (January 27 between 06:15-07:00 UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New […]

Upcoming private astronaut mission to test tech for future long-duration spaceflight missions—launch upcoming

When Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission, Ax-3, launches to the space station, it will carry an all-European crew of astronauts and dozens of investigations sponsored by the International Space […]

Intuitive Machines scheduled to launch IM-1 lunar mission in February via SpaceX

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) announced last month — in coordination with SpaceX — the launch of the Company’s IM-1 lunar mission, now targeted for a multi-day launch window […]

Capella Space to launch 2 Acadia satellites with SpaceX

Capella Space Corporation has announced that two Acadia satellites, Acadia-4 and Acadia-5, will launch with SpaceX in 2024. The Acadia-4 satellite will be launched to a 45-degree mid-inclination orbit (MIO) […]

AAC Clyde Space EPICHyper-3 + KP Lab’s Intuition-1 smallsats are launched

AAC Clyde Space’s Space Data as a Service (SDaaS) satellite, EPICHyper-3, and the KP Labs Intution-1 smallsats were successfully launched on November 11, 2023, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in […]

Security Space Launch Phase 2 Procurement assignments made by SSC

Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 21 new launch service mission assignments for the FY24 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract following completion of the […]