Accion Systems has announced that two TILE 2 in-space propulsion system units will launch onboard an Astro Digital smallsat aboard the June 2021 SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare launch. Astro Digital’s […]
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Successfully Launches The NS-15 Mission
Blue Origin successfully completed their 15th consecutive mission to space and back on April 14 and conducted a series of simulations to rehearse astronaut movements and operations for future flights with customers on board. […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-15 Flight Set For April 14
Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-15 flight is targeting liftoff on Wednesday, April 14, from Launch Site One in West Texas. The launch window opens at 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTC. Building on the incremental and consecutive mission successes for the vehicle over the […]
Space & Missile Systems Center To Be Re-Designated As The USAF’s New Space Systems Command
The U.S. Space Force has released the organizational structure for the military arm’s new Space Systems Command — the Command is set to officially stand up in the summer of […]
ILS + Express Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of The 1st Combined Russian, US + European Launch
Twenty-five years ago, on April 9, 1996, a combined Russian, American and European team made space history with the first launch of a Western satellite onboard a Russian rocket. The […]
China Launches “Experimental” Satellite
China successfully launched an experiment satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Friday, April 9,2021. The satellite, the third of the […]
SpaceX Sends 60 Starlinks Skyward
Another group of SpaceX Starlinks were sent skyward… On Wednesday, April 7 at 12:34 p.m. EDT, SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral […]
Celebrations Underway For Astroscale Following Their Successful Launch Of ELSA-d
Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) successfully launched their End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission. This marks the start of the world’s first commercial mission to prove the core technologies necessary […]
ULA’s Atlas V Arrives @ Canaveral To Launch The Lockheed Martin-Built SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite For The USSF
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket built to carry a sophisticated U.S. national security satellite (SBIRS GEO Flight 5) into space arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April […]
Voyager Space Holdings Completes Their Acquisition Of The Launch Company
Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. (Voyager) has completed the acquisition of The Launch Company — Voyager announced the company’s intent to acquire The Launch Company in November of 2020 and, with this […]