Dr. Stefan Tweraser has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) as of October 1, 2021 — he will support RFA in […]
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China Launches A Test Space Debris Mitigation Satellite
The Chinese Xinhua news agency is reporting that China has successfully launched a new satellite to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies. Named the Shijian-21, the satellite was launched […]
UPDATE 1: Thales Alenia Space Built SES-17 + SYRACUSE 4A Satellites Successfully Launched By Arianespace
On Sunday, October 24, at 02:10 UTC, Ariane 5 lifted off from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) and successfully orbited two satellites built by Thales Alenia Space, those being SES-17, […]
Advanced Hypersonic Tech Demo’d By US Navy + US Army At NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Via Sandia Nat’l Labs
The U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the U.S. Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) have successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
NASA’s DART Journeys To Vandenberg Space Force Base For Launch
Just two days after leaving the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in a specialized container carefully strapped to the deck of a semi-trailer truck, NASA’s Double […]
Fourth Kleos Space Smallsat Cluster Contracts Signed
Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has signed new contracts with satellite builder Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE) and global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. to build and manage the […]
Rocket Lab’s Upcoming Launch Of BlackSky Constellation Smallsats To Also Attempt 1st Stage Electron Rocket Ocean Recovery
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. will attempt a controlled, ocean splashdown and recovery of the first stage of an Electron rocket during the company’s next launch in November. The mission will […]
UPDATE: Lucy Launched
Humankind is one step closer to unlocking new knowledge about the formation of our solar system, thanks to a spacecraft named Lucy built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The NASA […]
RUAG Space Dispenses Their Tech For The OneWeb Satellites Launch
On Thursday, October 14, OneWeb launched 36 additional, broadband internet satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. OneWeb is building a communications network with a […]
Arianespace’s Successful Soyuz Launch Ensures OneWeb’s Constellation Is Halfway To The Firm’s Constellation Deployment Goal
Arianespace’s tenth launch of 2021 with the seventh Soyuz rocket launched this year will place the OneWeb satellite passengers into LEO — the launcher will be carrying a total payload […]