For nearly 50 years, Landsat satellites have provided the longest continuous global record of Earth’s changing landscapes. With Landsat 9, the mission will continue collecting essential science-quality data on Earth’s […]
Launch Vehicle
Two ArianeGroup Contracts Go To Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace For Ariane 6 Launcher Tech
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed two contracts with ArianeGroup to deliver technology to Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher, managed and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). KONGSBERG […]
Prestwick Spaceport Signs Partnership MoU With Astraius
Prestwick Spaceport has secured a launch partner for its spaceport development in a landmark deal that will boost Scotland’s space industry ambitions and create an important strategic asset for the […]
UPDATE 5: No Further Launch Attempts to Be Made By TiSPACE + Southern Launch Of The Hapith I Rocket
After inspection of the Hapith I vehicle, after the September 16th launch attempt, Southern Launch and TiSPACE have concluded that the organizations’ will not continue with any further launch attempts […]
Japan’s Synspective Signs Exolaunch To Launch The Third SAR Satellite “StriX-1” On Soyuz-2
Synspective Inc. and Exolaunch announced a new Launch Agreement to launch Synspective’s third demonstration SAR satellite “StriX-1” on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle in mid-2022. Exolaunch is a small satellite launch […]
SpaceX Successfully Navigates Four Civilian Astronauts To Space Aboard Falcon 9 With The Inspiration4 Mission
On September 15, at 8:02 p.m. EDT (00:02 UTC on September 16), SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched the Inspiration4 mission – the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit – […]
Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging
On September 2nd, Firefly Aerospace Inc. conducted the maiden flight of their Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. “Firefly has conducted the first test flight of […]
Forrester’s Digest: Virgin Galactic Grounded By FAA / Satellites Are Important To Facebook / Amazon Continues Their SpaceX Complaints / Hughes + OneWeb Enter A Distribution Agreement
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has firmly told Virgin Galactic that its SpaceShipTwo Boeing ‘Cosmic Girl’ and sub-orbital rocket flights are grounded. The FAA is investigating why the SpaceShipTwo rocket […]
Multi-Launch Deal For Rocket Lab To Deploy The Entire Kinéis IoT Satellite Constellation
This multi-launch contract finds Rocket Lab contracted to deploy 25 Internet-of-Things (IoT) satellites across five dedicated missions via the company’s Electron launch vehicle for Kinéis, a global Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity […]
The First Commercial Research Mission Announced By Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic has announced the manifest for the next rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity from Spaceport America, which will be the first commercial, human-tended research mission for the Company. […]