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Rocket Lab signs 2nd multi-launch deal—eight Electron missions with iQPS

March 3, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed one of its largest Electron launch agreements to date in a second, multi-launch deal with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. […]

Filed Under: Earth Imaging, Electron Launch Vehicle, iQPS (Japan), Launch Contract, LEO, Multi-Launch Agreement, News, Rocket Lab, SAR, SAR Payload, Satellites, SmallSat, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tagged With: Featured

Trans Lunar Injection completed by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost + imagery captures

February 13, 2025

Firefly Aerospace is now four weeks into their first mission to the Moon—Blue Ghost recently completed its Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) to escape Earth’s orbit and is now in transit […]

Filed Under: BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Cislunar, Firefly Aerospace, Imagery, LEO SSO, Lunar, Lunar Missions, Lunar Orbit, Lunar Orbit Insertion (LSI), News, SmallSat, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Markets, smallsats

Rocket Lab schedules the launch for 1st of multiple missions for BlackSky

February 10, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will soon launch a satellite on a dedicated Electron mission, the first of a bulk order of multiple new missions for real-time space-based intelligence […]

Filed Under: BlackSky, Constellation, Earth Observation (EO), Earth Observation Satellites, Earth Observation Systems, Electron Launch Vehicle, Gen-3 Imaging Satellite (BlackSky), LEO, News, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, SmallSat, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Dispenser System, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats Tagged With: Featured

NASA awards launch service task order for the Pandora mission  

February 10, 2025

NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Exoplanet, Goddard Space Flight Center, Government Agencies, NASA, NASA Launch Services Program, NASA VADR, SmallSat, Smallsat Contract, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Dispenser System, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, SpaceX, Telescopes, VADR Launch Services Contract Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Lab signs multi-launch contract with iQPS for four Electron missions

February 5, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a multi-launch deal with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), a Japan-based, Earth imaging company. The multi-launch contract, signed in […]

Filed Under: Earth Observation (EO), Earth Observation Satellites, LEO, Multi-Launch Agreement, News, Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), Rocket Lab, SmallSat, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats

Raccoon in space thanks to SatRev

February 3, 2025

Recently, SatRev successfully launched a satellite that is based on the company’s advanced Raccoon platform into orbit. Telemetry data from the satellite confirms the mission’s full success. This groundbreaking project […]

Filed Under: Impulse Space, Launch, Mira OTV (Impulse), News, Poland, SatRev, SatRev [Poland], SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Components, Smallsat Demo Mission, Smallsat Deployment, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Dispenser System, Smallsat Form Factors, SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission

Pixxel has launched Firefly hyperspectral satellite

January 20, 2025

Pixxel has successfully launched the first three satellites of its Firefly constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission via SpaceX from Vandenberg Space […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Hyperspectral Imaging, Japan, Pixxel, SmallSat, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Dispenser System, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, smallsats, SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission, Vandenberg SFB Tagged With: Featured

Rocket Lab’s 2nd reentry class spacecraft for Varda operating on-orbit supporting payloads for AFRL + NASA

January 16, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc. is successfully operating on orbit — the mission launched on January 14, from […]

Filed Under: AFRL, Agencies, LEO, Military, NASA, News, Pioneer (Varda), Rocket Lab, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Bus, Smallsat Deployment, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Missions, smallsats, Thermal Protection System (TPS), Varda Space Industries, W-2 (Varda)

Exolaunch delivers 34 satellites to orbit during the Transporter-12 Rideshare Mission with SpaceX

January 16, 2025

Exolaunch has successfully delivered 34 satellites into orbit during the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on January 14, 2025 at 11:09 […]

Filed Under: CarboNIX, CubeSat, Exolaunch, EXOpod Nova Deployer, LEO, Microsat, Microsatellites, News, Rideshare, Rideshare Mission, SmallSat, Smallsat Deployment, Smallsat Dispenser System, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Markets, Smallsat Missions, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, SpaceX Rideshare, SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission Tagged With: Featured

Planet launches high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite plus 36 SuperDoves

January 15, 2025

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) has announced the company’s high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite and 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4G were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space […]

Filed Under: Launch, LEO, News, NVIDIA, Pelican-2, Planet Labs, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, Smallsat Bus, Smallsat Constellation, Smallsat Deployment, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Payloads, smallsats, SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission, SuperDoves, Vandenberg SFB

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