OHB Sweden AB, subsidiary of space and technology group OHB SE, has signed a contract for a dedicated launch with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) for an upcoming mission that […]
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UPDATE: Four Axelspace GRUS Attain Orbit
GRUS-1B, 1C, 1D, 1E are 100 kg smallsats built for optical EO and constitute Axelspace’s “AxelGlobe” platform were successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on March 22, 2021 at 15:07 JST (06:07 UTC). The company is currently conducting commissioning procedures to […]
China Drives EO Satellite To Orbit
China has delivered their new EO satellite to orbit following a launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday (Beijing Time), March 31, […]
Combining Talents To Launch Smallsats… Gilmour Space + Fleet Space Technologies
Gilmour Space Technologies and Fleet Space Technologies are joining forces to launch smallsats to orbit. Fleet Space launched Australia’s first commercial smallsats in 2018 and its fifth just last week […]
SFL-Built DMSat-1 Successfully Dispatched To Orbit For Dubai
Dubai Municipality has successfully launched and deployed their DMSat-1, an atmospheric monitoring smallsat built by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL). DMSat-1 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz […]
ISRO Delays The Launch Of GISAT-1 Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has had to revise their launch schedule of GISAT-1, a geo-imaging satellite, that was to travel to orbit via a GSLV-F10 rocket — according […]
Navigation Receiver From RUAG Space Aboard KARI’s EO Smallsat Now On-Orbit
On March 20, 2021, an EO satellite from South Korea’s space agency, KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute), was delivered to orbit — the CAS-500-1 smallsat will capture high-resolution pictures of […]
UPDATE: BlackSky Signs Rocket Lab For 9 Smallsat Launches, Plus, BlackSky-7’s 1st Images…
BlackSky, who recently announced a planned business combination with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: SFTW), has secured five Rocket Lab missions to deploy nine satellites between March and the end […]
Arianespace Preps The Airbus D&S-Built Pléiades Neo EO Sat For Vega Launch
Payload preparations have begun in French Guiana for Arianespace’s next mission – which is to use the light-lift Vega in deploying the first Pléiades Neo constellation satellite and other passengers […]
ATLAS Expands Scope + Impact With The Latest Launch
With the recent launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, ATLAS Space Operations has grown to support three, brand new missions with the firm’s Freedom™ Platform. With this multinational launch, ATLAS […]