With the most popular, revenue-generating orbits increasingly congested, Benchmark Space Systems has unveiled a breakthrough Collision Avoidance (ColA) Kit, featuring the firm’s heritage propulsion technology in a condensed package that […]
OTV
Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC OTV prepares for launch
Spaceflight Inc. has now shipped the fully integrated Sherpa-LTC orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) and customer payload to Cape Canaveral to launch aboard an upcoming Starlink mission that is scheduled for […]
UPDATE 4: Momentus’ 1st demo mission + an additional 4 smallsats deployed
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”) has provided their fourth Mission Update on the firm’s inaugural Vigoride mission that launched on May 25th. Since the Company’s last update […]
A third update from Momentus regarding their first OTV demo mission…
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”) has provided their third Mission Update since the launch of the Vigoride-3 spacecraft on May 25. As previously stated in earlier updates […]
Spaceflight launches five customer payloads aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission and debuts the firm’s latest OTV — Sherpa-AC
Spaceflight Inc. has contacted its Sherpa-AC vehicle and confirmed the vehicle is operating nominally. This is the debut launch of Sherpa-AC, the latest variation in the company’s Sherpa orbital transfer […]
UPDATE: The Vigoride OTV’s 1st Demo Flight Finds Momentus Working On Clearing Anomalies
Momentus Inc. has a status update regarding the company’s first demo mission. Momentus has established two-way contact with the Vigoride Orbital Transfer Vehicle and, as is often the case with […]
The Inaugural Launch Of Momentus’ Vigoride OTV Cleared By The FAA
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”) has received a favorable determination from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the company’s application for payload review in support of their […]
Spaceflight’s 50th Mission All Groomed + Set For A Rocket Lab Electron Launch
Spaceflight Inc. is preparing for their 50th mission, which will launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket no earlier than April 22. The RL-9 mission, called “There and Back Again,” […]
Kleos Space Reports Successful Contact With Their Patrol Mission Smallsats
Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed that the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) were successfully deployed from D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) and […]
ReOrbit + TransAstra Sign Spacecraft Development + Logistics Contracts
TransAstra, a provider of orbital logistics and space domain awareness solutions, and ReOrbit, a provider of software defined smallsats for beyond LEO missions, announced they have signed binding contracts for […]