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Launch Systems

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Drives 53 Additional Starlink Satellites To Orbit

May 18, 2022

On Wednesday, May 18, at 6:59 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites to compliment their continually growing smallsat constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the fifth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Launch, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, SmallSat, USA Tagged With: Featured

Spire Global’s SPaaS Smallsats To Partake Of The SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare Mission

May 18, 2022

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”) will launch five satellites later this month on the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Spire Space Services, the company’s Space-as-a-Service (SPaaS) business, will have satellites and hardware onboard the launch for: HANCOM inSPACE, initially a spin-off by Korea Aerospace […]

Filed Under: Comms, Falcon 9, Geolocation, GNSS, Launch Management, Launch Systems, Multi-Launch Agreement, News, Optical, RF, SDR, South Korea, SPaaS, United Kingdom (UK) Tagged With: Featured

The CAPSTONE Smallsat Arrives Safely @ Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand + Payload Integration Started For The Lunar Orbit Mission

May 16, 2022

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has revealed that the CAPSTONE spacecraft has arrived at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, in preparation for launch to lunar orbit. With the spacecraft now at the launch site, Rocket Lab will begin payload integration with the Electron rocket and Photon spacecraft bus ahead of the launch […]

Filed Under: Electron, Engines / Thrusters, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, Lunar, NASA, News, NRHO, Photon, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

SpaceX Completes Two Starlink Launches In Two Days For A Total Of 106 Constellation Companions

May 14, 2022

On Friday, May 13th, at 3:07 p.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The Vandenberg AFB launch marks the fourth Starlink deployment from Vandenberg, and the 23rd Falcon-9 launch from SLC-4E. This Falcon 9 first stage booster […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Droneship, Falcon 9, Landing, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

National Reconnaissance Officer Is Partnering With The UK’s MOD For The 1st Commercial Rocket Launch From The UK Via Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One

May 11, 2022

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is partnering with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) on the historic, first commercial rocket to be launched from the UK, as announced at Defence Space 2022 by Defence Procurement Minister Jeremy Quin. Virgin Orbit will send nine, multinational rideshares to orbit using the LauncherOne small launch platform […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Launch, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, LauncherOne, Military, MoD, NRO, Spaceport Cornwall, United Kingdom (UK), USA Tagged With: Featured

Terran Orbital Ships Two GeoOptics Satellites To Cape Canaveral For Integration Into SpaceX’s Transporter-5 Rideshare Mission

May 9, 2022

Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has shipped two, next-generation satellites from GeoOptics — Terran shipped the vehicles to Cape Canaveral for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission. The spacecraft are the first phase of GeoOptics’s CICERO-2 constellation, which will form a unified Earth observatory that will enable governments, industry and individual stakeholders to monitor and prepare […]

Filed Under: Cape Canaveral SFS, Constellation, Earth Observation (EO), Falcon 9, Launch, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

INNOSPACE And Brazilian Department of Aerospace Science and Technology Sign A Technological Agreement For Flight Tests

May 3, 2022

The HANBIT-TLV will carry onboard the payload SISNAV, an inertial navigation system being developed by DCTA and other institutions. INNOSPACE, a South Korean space startup for small launch vehicles, signed an agreement with the Brazilian Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (“DCTA”) to launch SISNAV, an inertial navigation system project supported by Finep and AEB. […]

Filed Under: Agreement, Government, Launch Contract, Launch Facilities, Launch Management, Launch Systems, Navigation, SmallSat, Test

PlanetiQ’s GNSS Navigation And Occultation Measurement Satellite’s (GNOMES) Successful Launch

May 2, 2022

PlanetiQ announces the successful launch and commissioning of the GNOMES-3 satellite. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched GNOMES-3 into a 646 km circular sun synchronous orbit April 1st on the company’s Transporter-4 mission. The spacecraft’s commercial payload “Pyxis-RO”, a 4th generation GNSS-Radio Occultation instrument, has also been commissioned with its first high quality atmospheric sounding data […]

Filed Under: Launch, Launch Management, Launch Systems

Catch Me If You Can — And They Did — Rocket Lab’s “There And Back Again Mission” Deploys 34 Satellites To Orbit + A First… The Electron Booster Is Captured With A Helicopter

May 2, 2022

Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) successfully launched their 26th Electron mission, deploying 34 satellites to orbit — the company has now deployed a total of 146 satellites to orbit with the Electron launch vehicle. And, for the first time, the “There And Back Again” mission also saw Rocket Lab complete a […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Capture, Electron, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, Milestone, New Zealand Tagged With: Featured

Southern Launch Names A New GM To Fill The Launch & Test Role For The Company

April 27, 2022

Southern Launch has appointed Rob Baker to fulfill the company’s newly created General Manager — Launch & Test role. Baker brings with him 21 years of experience from the Defence Science and Technology Group. His experience and knowledge include weapons modelling and simulation, probabilistic range safety methodology and implementation, and active protection systems for armored […]

Filed Under: Appointments, Australia, General Manager, Launch, Launch Systems, Test

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