Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first two 63-inch-diameter extended length Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The solid rocket boosters will support the inaugural flight […]
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Orbex secures £40.4 million in Series C Funding
Orbex has secured £40.4 million for the firm’s Series C funding round, led by a new investor, the Scottish National Investment Bank — this new round of funding will allow […]
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads
Firefly Aerospace, a provider of launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, lifting off on October 1 at 12:01am […]
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 […]
UK’s first orbital satellite launch includes intelligent hyperspectral imager HyperScout® M
The launch of the shoebox-sized Prometheus-2 satellites will take place later this year from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay. HyperScout® M, the most compact and miniaturized version of the HyperScout product […]
Precious Payload partners with Exos Aerospace to provide more bookable launches for payload developers
Precious Payload Inc. has partnered with Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies to facilitate booking commercially available, suborbital capacities and to help bridge the gap between payload developers and the increased […]
Inmarsat’s satellite tracking will be used in Australia’s space launches
Inmarsat, provider of mobile satellite communications has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space Technologies to support space launches from Australia using Inmarsat’s InRange system. Gilmour Space is Australia’s major launch services company that is […]
New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace
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 […]
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 […]
Swedish Space Minister Ekström’s feet remain on the ground even when visiting Linköping’s Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) is Sweden’s largest industrial space company with sites in Gothenburg (ca. 240 employees) and Linköping (ca. 160 employees). In Linköping the company is expanding its production […]