Triton-X is a new competitive and multi-mission European smallsat platform product line currently under development as part of ESA’s program of Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) and is designed […]
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World’s 1st hacking testbed in space to launch on the SpaceX CRS-28 mission on June 5th
Six cubesats are set to launch on SpaceX’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), where they will be deployed — among these smallsats, the […]
Momentus to deliver Lunasonde tech demo payload to orbit
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed a contract with Lunasonde to deliver their Picacho CubeSat to orbit. Lunasonde is a sub-surface imaging company with the goal of making underground resources […]
UPDATE 3: Bye-bye BADR-8 as SpaceX launches the Arabsat satellite to orbit
On Saturday, May 27, at 12:30 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched the ARABSAT BADR-8 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
UPDATE: A ‘Go’ for Rocket Lab — NASA’s TROPICS constellation is launched to orbit for storm monitoring
UPDATE: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a launch and space systems company, successfully launched the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of storm monitoring satellites […]
PLD Space achieves major milestone and prepares for launch of MIURA 1 micro rocket
The Spanish company, PLD Space, achieved a major milestone for European Space by successfully completing the hot test of MIURA 1 from its launch base in El Arenosillo (Huelva). The […]
Ursa Major’s Hadley 1st Stage engines tested for Vector Launch’s upcoming National Security Mission
Vector Launch announces that Ursa Major, a manufacturer of advanced rocket engines, completed acceptance testing of three Hadley 1st Stage engines for Vector Launch’s upcoming National Security Mission. Vector is […]
Rocket Lab’s May 25 launch is Coming to a Storm Near You with storm monitoring satellites for NASA’s TROPICS constellation
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a launch and space systems company, is preparing for the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a […]
SpaceX sends Axiom Mission 2’s international astronauts soaring to ISS
On Sunday, May 21 at 5:37 p.m. ET (21:37 UTC), Falcon 9 launched Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at […]
SpaceX introduces 5 Iridium satellites + 16 OneWeb satellites to orbit
On Saturday, May 20, at 6:16 a.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched five Iridium spare satellites and 16 OneWeb satellites for the firm’s LEO constellation (which included a OneWeb […]