PLD Space has signed a Boost! contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of a payload accommodation system on MIURA 5 that will provide greater flexibility to […]
Launchers
NASA’s PACE launch coverage
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s upcoming mission to study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate. Launch of the PACE (Plankton, […]
Firefly Aerospace selected by National Reconnaissance Office as launch provider with Alpha Rocket
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to serve as a launch provider with the firm’s Firefly’s Alpha rocket. As part of the NRO’s Streamlined […]
SEMPRE + Vector Launch partner on flexible launch system
SEMPRE has partnered with Vector to provide secure, resilient, mobile, command-and-control (C2) infrastructure for Vector’s rapid launch capability. Vector Launch is a responsive launch vehicle solution provider whose mission is […]
TISICS’ funding from UK Space Agency for sustainable launch tech
Aerospace manufacturing specialists, TISICS, have received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop demisable launcher components that will reduce the risk of damage to spacecraft by space debris, while […]
DLR launches their MAPHEUS 12 research rocket from the Esrange Space Center
On October 21, 2022, at 09:25, the MAPHEUS 12 research rocket of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) took off from the Esrange Space Center […]
Atos provides testing equipment for improvements of European Space Agency’s Vega-C rocket
Atos is supporting the European Space Agency (ESA) in its planned improvements for Vega-C, the new single body rocket, whose inaugural launch took place on July 13, 2022. Atos contributes to this program by providing key […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg + Spaceflight sign an MOU for upcoming launches
Spaceflight Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for upcoming launches with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) — this agreement formalizes the plan for Spaceflight to fly their Sherpa® […]
TTEthernet® controllers from TTTech Aerospace improve Ariane 6 avionics system
Europe’s new flagship launcher Ariane 6 will ensure independent access to space for the European space sector. TTTech Aerospace contributed substantially to the creation of the avionics backbone system in […]
Curtiss-Wright provides the Vega-C launcher with the telemetry data system
Curtiss-Wright Defense Systems provided a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), telemetry data subsystem for the new Vega-C launcher. Vega-C is designed to deliver government, commercial and science payloads weighing up to 2,200 kg. […]