Northrop Grumman‘s NG-14 Cygnus spacecraft has been named after former astronaut Kalpana Chawla. The company’s tradition is to name each Cygnus after an individual who has played a pivotal role […]
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Gilmour Space Technologies To Launch Space Machines Smallsat Via The Eris Rocket
Gilmour Space Technologies has secured the first Australian customer for the firm’s maiden Eris rocket launch in 2022 — Space Machines Company has contracted to launch a 35 kg spacecraft […]
Gaofen-11 02 Satellite Launched By China
China launched a new optical, remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Monday, September 7, 2020. The Gaofen-11 02 satellite was launched by a […]
Third Kepler Space Data Backhaul Smallsat — TARS — Launched By Arianespace
Kepler’s LEO constellation has expanded with the successful launch of the company’s third satellite — the satellite, internally referred to as TARS, was launched onboard the Arianespace Vega SSMS (Small […]
Satellogic’s Hypatia Smallsat Successfully Launched
Satellogic has launched their new spacecraft from the Guiana Space Center via a launch procured by Spaceflight, Inc. — the satellite, a NewSat Mark IV, was delivered to a SSO […]
Two Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) Built Smallsats Successfully Gain Orbit
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) is celebrating the successful launch and deployment of the GHGSat-C1 greenhouse gas monitoring smallsat and the Slovenian NEMO-HD Earth Observation (EO) smallsat, both developed in the […]
SpaceX’s Successful Launch, Again
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida the Kennedy Space Center at 8:46 a.m. Thursday, September 3, deploying a set of […]
Rocket Lab’s FAA Launch Operator License Streamlines Multiple Missions from Launch Complex 2
Rocket Lab has been granted, a five-year Launch Operator License by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Electron missions from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2. This is a major milestone […]
Rocket Lab’s Successful Launch for Capella Space on 14th Mission
New Zealand is celebrating the successful Rocket Lab launch of its 14th Electron mission that deployed a single microsatellite for Capella Space. The mission was Rocket Lab’s fourth this year and […]
SpaceX Pushes SAOCOM-1B + Two Smallsats To Orbit
Having been delayed since March of 2020, and using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket with a 3X, previous flight completion record, SpaceX has now successfully launched — from Cape […]