Firefly Aerospace has named long-time aerospace and defense executive, Bill Weber, as the company’s CEO, effective immediately. Firefly is a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners (“AEI”), a U.S.-based private […]
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SpaceX’s 46 Starlinks successfully launched from Falcon 9
On Tuesday, August 30 at 10:40 p.m. PT, SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]
UPDATE 1: Blue Origin’s NS-23 mission is scrubbed
UPDATE 1 Weather has proven to be the undoing of the Blue Origin NS-23 launch, scheduled for today, August 31, in West Texas. The company will advise when a new […]
SpaceX’s Starlinks sent soaring on Falcon 9’s second flight and its heaviest payload ever launched
On Saturday, August 27 at 11:41 p.m. ET, SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the […]
In final countdown to UK rocket launch Orbex to hire fifty new staff over next six months
UK-based launch services company Orbex is hiring an additional fifty staff members over the next six months. The new team members will support the company’s final push to prepare for […]
China launches new satellite via Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket
A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the Chuangxin-16 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, August 23, 2022. China on Tuesday successfully launched a […]
Boeing delivers SES 20 + 21 satellites to Cape Canaveral for ULA launch
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has delivered two satellites for SES to the firm’s launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the upcoming launch of the twin spacecraft on a United […]
Methane satellites will be watching California’s dairies…but mostly its oil fields and landfills
California is doubling down on its spending for launching new satellites to capture images of methane leaks throughout the state. But the dairy sector—long in the regulatory crosshairs for climate […]
Inovor Technologies and partners to deliver 10-year, multi-satellite mission for Australian Defence Force
Inovor Technologies now has a new 10-year strategic partnership with industry and academia that will see its satellite technologies and expertise used to deliver four new satellite missions, providing leap-ahead […]
Ovzon affords clarity for their Ovzon 3 launch schedule
Ovzon is reporting that the details and clarity around the launch of Ovzon 3 have increased significantly during recent months. The critical key components that were previously delayed are now […]