Plans for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space have been announced from SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California— the mission is being targeted for the fourth quarter of this year […]
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Egypt Schedules Their “Next” Satellite Launch
A series of Egyptian “Next” satellites will be launched starting in December of this year, this according to the executive director of the Egyptian Space Agency, Mohammed El-Qousi, who told […]
Axelspace’s Second GRUS Smallsat Group Launch Is Set
Axelspace will be launching four satellites with a launch date set for March 20, 2021, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 4 satellites (GRUS-1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) will be part […]
China’s Yaogan 31 Satellite Driven To Orbit
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the second group of China’s Yaogan 31 remote sensing satellites was launched on January 29, 2021,from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China’s […]
ISISPACE Successfully Launches 53 Smallsats
ISISPACE deployers accommodated an impressive 53 smallsats as part of a successful ISILAUNCH34 launch campaign completed aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on January 24 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral […]
Virgin Orbit’s Launch of First Satellite for Dutch Ministry of Defense
Europe comes to southern California to launch Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) first ever satellite from the Virgin Orbit launch company. Virgin Orbit will conduct this mission from Mojave Air […]
Space Flight Laboratory Launches 12 Smallsats Aboard the SpaceX Transporter-1 Mission
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) successfully deployed 12 satellites on January 24, 2021. The SpaceX Falcon 9 ride-sharing mission carried three different, SFL-designed smallsat platforms into orbit for three separate commercial […]
Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 Mission Takes 16 Smallsat Payloads To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-1 Flight
Spaceflight Inc. successfully launched and deployed 16 payloads, including 15 from its next-generation orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), Sherpa-FX1, aboard the SpaceX Transporter-1 mission. Dubbed SXRS-3 by Spaceflight, the mission launched […]
Eight Kepler Space Smallsats Rendezvous With Space, Launched By SpaceX
Kepler Communications have welcomed eight new satellites into their constellation, further expanding the firm’s active constellation to 13 satellites in total. These eight satellites, KEPLER-8 through KEPLER-15, were successfully launched […]
University Of Louisiana-Lafayette Students Receive Signals From Their Launched CAPE-3 Smallsat
A cubesat called CAPE-3 is carrying a chip designed and built by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to detect radiation, all with keeping an eye on astronaut […]