Impulse Space, the in-space mobility leader, and SES, a global content and connectivity provider, today announced a multi-launch agreement to use Impulse’s Helios kick stage to shorten the time required […]
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Firefly Alpha’s stage separation anomaly sends Lockheed Martin’s satellite into South Pacific near the Antarctic
Firefly Alpha rocket experienced a launch anomaly that left a Lockheed Martin satellite in a significantly “lower than planned orbit”, and the “stage and its payload reentered over the South […]
K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration
K2 Space today announced its $110 million Series B to ramp up mass production of its multi-orbit, high power satellite platform. The funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter […]
New Glenn’s first launch now on for ‘no earlier than Friday’
New Glenn’s inaugural mission (NG-1) is targeting no earlier than Friday, January 10, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The three-hour launch window opens at […]
China set to build next-generation BeiDou system
China is planning to develop its next-generation BeiDou system, which will be technologically more advanced and functionally more powerful, and offer higher quality services. Three experimental satellites of this navigation […]
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 10 satellites launched and in contact to increase global RF monitoring
HawkEye 360 Inc., provider in space-based radio frequency (RF) data analytics, had its Cluster 10 satellites successfully deployed to orbit after launching aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Rideshare mission via launch integrator […]
United Launch Alliance successfully launches 100th national security mission
After the recent successful launch of SSC‘s National Security mission, ULA issued the following statement. United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the company’s 100th national security mission to orbit with […]
China launches new remote sensing satellite
China on Sunday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 7:45 am (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch […]
SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn mission this summer first-ever commercial extravehicular activity
No earlier than summer 2024, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Polaris Dawn mission from historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Dragon and the Polaris […]
Synspective’s founder and CEO comments on StriX-3 SAR satellite reaching target orbit
Commentary from Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announces that StriX-3, its fourth SAR satellite, has successfully been put into its target orbit and spread its wings. […]