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) […]
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Lifts The USSF-8 Mission To Orbit
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on January 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EST, […]
Northrop Grumman-Built USSF Mission-8 Satellites Successfully Pushed To Orbit By ULA
Two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites were successfully launched into orbit on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape […]
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 […]
FOSSA Systems IoT Smallsat Launch Accomplishment
Total success of the launch of the first Spanish picosatellites that will offer IoT connectivity for industrial assets in areas without ground-based coverage occurred on January 13 for aerospace startup […]
Nanoavionics Confirms Signal Receptions From 3 On-Orbit Smallsats Launched By SpaceX’s Transporter-3 Mission
NanoAvionics has confirmed the reception of signals and healthy telemetry data from all of the three smallsats that were launched into LEO via the successful SpaceX Transporter-3 mission. The rideshare […]
SpaceX Starlinks— 49 In Number — Launch To LEO
On Tuesday, January 18, at 9:02 p.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 49 Starlink satellites to LEO from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This […]
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 […]
DcubeD Reveals Successful Pin Puller Use In FOSSA Systems PocketPod Deployer To Release Six Smallsats Aboard Transporter-3
DcubeD’s ride to space was the Transporter-3 mission, SpaceX’s third, dedicated, smallsat rideshare mission, launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Approximately 1 hour after liftoff of […]
Success For NearSpace Launch’s Smallsat Orbit Acquisition Via Virgin Orbit’s Mission
NearSpace Launch Inc. (NSL) is celebrating their 3U smallsat launch by Virgin Orbit’s third operational mission, along with six other customers, on January 13, 2022. GEARRS is the third cubesat […]