“The second orbital flight test will provide us with an opportunity to further analyze the unique technologies developed for our Atlas V launch vehicle in support of NASA’s human spaceflight program.” A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) […]
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The CAPSTONE Smallsat Arrives Safely @ Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand + Payload Integration Started For The Lunar Orbit Mission
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 […]
Flight Readiness Successfully Concludes For Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2
NASA and Boeing are proceeding with plans for the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station following a full day of briefings and discussions during a Flight Readiness Review that took place at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas […]
SpaceX Completes Two Starlink Launches In Two Days For A Total Of 106 Constellation Companions
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 […]
UPDATE: Blue Origin’s NS-21 Mission Launch Date Is Announced
Blue Origin’s fifth human flight — NS21 — will lift off from the firm’s Launch Site One in West Texas on Friday, May 20th. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. CDT / 13:30 UTC. The company will be providing a webcast of this flight at T-60 minutes at their BlueOrigin.com website. Blue Origin has […]
Terran Orbital Ships Fleet Space’s CENTAURI-5 Satellite To Cape Canaveral For Launch
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has shipped the CENTAURI-5 satellite to Cape Canaveral in preparation for the SpaceX Transporter-5 launch. The CENTAURI-5 spacecraft is part of a constellation commissioned by Fleet Space Technologies to deliver global connectivity solutions specifically designed for the energy, utilities and resource industries. Tyvak International, a Terran Orbital Corporation, designed and […]
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
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 […]
Terran Orbital Ships NASA’s CAPSTONE Smallsat To New Zealand For Rocket Lab’s Launch Vehicle Payload Integration
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has shipped their CAPSTONE satellite to a launch site on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand. CAPSTONE will launch on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket using a Lunar Photon satellite upper stage to send the spacecraft on its planned lunar transfer trajectory. This historic pathfinding mission supports NASA’s Artemis program […]
Terran Orbital Ships Two GeoOptics Satellites To Cape Canaveral For Integration Into SpaceX’s Transporter-5 Rideshare Mission
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 […]
The Inaugural Launch Of Momentus’ Vigoride OTV Cleared By The FAA
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”) has received a favorable determination from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the company’s application for payload review in support of their inaugural flight of the Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle on the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-5 mission targeted for launch this month. The FAA favorable determination marks Momentus’ […]