Ending years of Project Kuiper obscurity, Amazon announced on April 5 the largest commercial launch contract in history at the Space Foundation’s Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Amazon SVP […]
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First UK Orbital Launch From Space Cornwall Features Virgin Orbit’s Launch Of Applications Catapult’s Amber-1 Smallsat
The Satellite Applications Catapult (“the Catapult”) and Virgin Orbit (“Virgin Orbit”, Nasdaq: VORB) have announced an agreement to launch the latest satellite in the Catapult’s In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) program into […]
Astranis Space Technologies To Launch Their MicroGEO Satellites Via SpaceX Falcon 9
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. has signed a contract with SpaceX for a dedicated Falcon 9 launch to put four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellites into service in 2023. The Astranis payload […]
Rocket Lab Planning The First Mid-Air Helicopter Capture Of The Electron Rocket During The Company’s Next Mission “There + Back Again”
For the first time, Rocket Lab will attempt a mid-air helicopter capture of an Electron rocket as it returns to Earth from space, furthering the company’s program to make Electron […]
United Launch Alliance To Place 38 Amazon Project Kuiper Satellites Into LEO
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced that Amazon has selected their next-generation Vulcan rocket for 38 launches to support the deployment for its ambitious Project Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to increase […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Has Been Selected By Amazon As Many As 27 Project Kuiper Satellite Constellation Launches
Blue Origin has announced their New Glenn has been selected for 12 launches, with options for as many as 15 additional launches, to deploy Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite constellation. Project […]
Arianespace Signs Their Largest Contract With Amazon for 18 Ariane 6 Launches To Deploy Project Kuiper Constellation Satellites To Orbit
The highest performing version of Arianespace‘s Ariane 6, the Ariane 64, will be used over three years to orbit satellites of the Project Kuiper broadband constellation. Arianespace and Amazon (NASDAQ: […]
Five Additional Smallsats Are Launched For Satellogic By SpaceX From Cape Canaveral SFS
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) has announced the launch of five additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The satellites were delivered to SSO on SpaceX’s Transporter-4 mission on April […]
Kleos Space’s Third Cluster Satellite Launch By SpaceX Is Successful
Kleos Space S.A., (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) successfully launched their third satellite cluster, the Patrol Mission, on April 1, 2022, onboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission. The D-Orbit Orbital Transfer Vehicle […]
NanoAvionics’ Smallsats Launched To LEO As Part Of The SpaceX Transporter-4 Mission
Friday’s SpaceX Transporter-4 mission included three satellites built by smallsat mission integrator NanoAvionics for multiple customers. MP42 is NanoAvionics’ largest satellite built and launched so far, based on one of […]