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PLD Space wins an ESA Boost! contract to support flexible payload accommodation

February 19, 2024

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 […]

Filed Under: ESA Boost!, Kourou Space Center, Launcher, Launcher Preparation, Launchers, Microlauncher, MIURA 5 Launcher (PLD Space), News, PLD Space, SmallSat, smallsats

DLR awards Exolaunch million€€ launch services contract

February 12, 2024

Exolaunch was recently awarded a government contract under the Small Satellite Initiative run by the German Space Agency at DLR on behalf of the German Ministry of Economics and Climate […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Constellation, Contracts, Deployer, Exolaunch, Exopod Deployer, German Space Agency (DLR), Governments, Launch Services, LEO, Microlauncher, News, Satellite Deployer, SmallSat, smallsats

Vyoma awarded 2 Space Launches by DLR

December 4, 2023

Vyoma has been distinguished in multiple categories of the smallsat competitions organized by the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) — these prestigious awards were announced during […]

Filed Under: Competition, German Space Agency (DLR), Germany, Microlauncher, News, Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), SmallSat, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, smallsats, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Vyoma

Rocket Factory Augsburg names eight customers on second flight

November 27, 2023

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) today announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for German launcher […]

Filed Under: Awards, Camera Systems, Constellation, Endurosat, EnduroSat Space Center, ESA, Europe, German Space Agency (DLR), Microlauncher, Mini-Launcher, Payload Development, Research, Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), Satellite Manufacturing, smallsats, Space Debris

Spain’s MIURA 1 launch campaign kicks off

October 3, 2023

PLD Space has successfully concluded the two pre-launch tests of the first flight unit of the Spanish launcher, specifically the umbilical cable tests and the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) — […]

Filed Under: Flight Readines Review (FRR), German Center for Applied Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), Microlauncher, MIURA 1 Microlauncher, National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) [Spain], News, PLD Space, Spain, Wet Dress Rehearsal Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) secures million€€ investment from KKR

August 8, 2023

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has raised a 30 million euros investment from KKR, a leading, global, investment firm. The fresh funding is a vote of confidence for RFA, as […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, DACH Region, Funding, Investments, Launch Services, Microlauncher, Rocket, Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), Rocket Launch, Scotland

Orbex’s facilities’ footprint expands 30% for UK mainland’s first vertical rocket launch

July 11, 2023

UK-based spaceflight company, Orbex, has extended its footprint by over thirty percent across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities, in preparation for the launch of its Prime rocket.  […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Carbon Emissions, Debris Mitigation, Denmark, Europe, Expansion, Funding, Launch Vehicle, Manufacturing, Microlauncher, Orbex, Orbex Prime, Reusable Rocket, Scotland, Software, Space Debris Management, Space Sustainability, Sutherland Spaceport, UK Space Agency Tagged With: Featured

PLD Space wins partnership contract to develop a micro launcher

July 5, 2023

PLD Space, with Aciturri, AIRBUS, Air Liquide, ALTER, Anteral, Applus, Caye, CECOM, CMASA, Deimos, INSYTE, LOGO 2, Mecanizados Especiales, OCCAM, Repsol, Swagelok, Talleres Ramón Clemente and Tecno Lanema, has won […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Development, Government, Joint Development, Microlauncher, PLD Space, Rocket Development, Spain

DLR selects seven customers for RFA´s inaugural flight

December 7, 2022

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have announced the winners of the microlauncher payload competition — according to the announcement, seven companies with a total payload […]

Filed Under: Competition, Germany, Launch, Launch Management, Launch Support, Launch Systems, Launch Vehicle, Microlauncher, Payloads, RFA ONE, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

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