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Gilmour Space Technologies To Launch Space Machines Smallsat Via The Eris Rocket
"Eris" orbital rocket launch. Image is courtesy of Gilmour Space. 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 Long March-4B rocket at 1:57 p.m. (Beijing Time), according to ...
Third Kepler Space Data Backhaul Smallsat — TARS — Launched By Arianespace
Artistic rendition of Kepler's TARS smallsat on-orbit. 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 Spacecraft Mission Service) ...
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 LEO on a Vega rocket from Arianespace at 1:51am UTC ...
Two Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) Built Smallsats Successfully Gain Orbit
An Arianespace Vega rocket successfully carried two smallsats built by Space Flight Laboratory into space from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, South America. (Credit: Arianespace) Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) is celebrating the successful launch and deployment of 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 approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites 15 minutes later. Earlier this ...
Rocket Lab’s FAA Launch Operator License Streamlines Multiple Missions from Launch Complex 2
Launch Complex 2Wallops Island, Virginia, USA 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 as the license enables ...
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 brings the company’s total number of satellites deployed to ...
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 Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida — the SAOCOM-1B Earth ...
Arianespace Issues New Launch Opportunity for Flight VV16
The following is a statement issued by Arianespace. Flight VV16 has been pushed back several times, notably due to the persistence of exceptionally unfavorable winds aloft at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. With this mission, Arianespace is underscoring ...
UPDATE Scrubbed Three Seconds Before Liftoff of ULA’s Launch of NROL-44 Mission
Saturday, August 29, and again, another no go ... (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, August 29, 2020) – The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed ...
Final Prep Underway For Arianespace’s Vega Smallsat Rideshare Mission
Final preparations are underway for Arianespace’s historic Vega rideshare flight with Europe’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser system, which has been rescheduled within a launch window from September 1 to September 4, following multiple weather-related postponements. SSMS provides a ...
Rocket Lab’s ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical’ Set to Go
Rocket Lab is observing a two week launch window for their Electron Rocket to launch a Sequoia radar observation satellite for Capella Space, a commercial remote sensing company. The original launch was delayed from August 26, which is the beginning ...
Sea Launch Refurbishment Will Be Costly + $4.5 Billion Raised By FCC Spectrum Auction
The cost will be almost $500 million to refurbish the Sea Launch floating rocket launch platform, according to reports. Russia’s deputy prime minister, Yuri Borisov, recalled that before the floating spaceport left its port at Long Beach, California, the US ...
Hungary’s First Satellite To Launch In 2024
Artistic rendition of the first Hungarian satellite. The first Hungarian commercial satellite will launch in 2024 and will offer broadcast, Internet and phone service as well as transmit data and assist scientific research. According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, the CarpathiaSat Hungarian Space ...
Masten Space Selects SpaceX To Deliver Their Lunar Lander + Nine Experiments To The Moon’s South Pole
Artistic rendition of Masten Space Systems' Lunar Lander. Masten Space Systems has selected SpaceX to launch Masten Mission One (MM1) — as part of MM1, Masten’s lunar lander will deliver nine, NASA-sponsored, science and technology demonstration experiments and several commercial ...
China To Launch Ethiopia’s Second China-Funded Satellite
The first Ethiopian satellite launch by China. Ethiopia is completing their planning for the launch of the nation's second satellite into orbit next month, just eight months after the launch of the country's ETRSS-1 satellite last December. The country’s space ...
OHB Group Signs Rocket Lab For Early 2021 Launch
OHB Group has signed a contract for a dedicated launch on an Electron rocket with Rocket Lab — the launch was procured through OHB Cosmos International Launch Service GmbH, the launch service division of the OHB Group. The mission will ...
UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Postpones The Launch Of The NROL-44 One Additional Day
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket was going to launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to support national security at 2:12 a.m., EDT, on August 27. Now the launch, according to the company, ...
NROL-44 Mission Set For ULA Launch In Support Of National Security
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket is in final preparations to launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to support national security. The launch is on track for August 26 at Space Launch Complex-37 ...
