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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 […]

FireFly Alpha Message in a Booster on hold launch to be determined

The projection of a Sunday launch of FireFly Alpha’s Message in a Booster has come and gone with no statement issued as to a new date. There is a possibility […]

Exolaunch selected to deploy CubeSats for Canada’s CUBICS initiative

Exolaunch has signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to support the deployment of cubesats as part of CUBICS (CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM), […]

Southern Launch closes significant funding round to build out capabilities + infrastructure to serve the global space industry

Southern Launch has closed out a significant funding round that will propel the company forward to build out its spaceports and scale its service offerings. The funding round was led […]

KONGSBERG launches and is now operating their 1st satellite

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG’) has entered the space industry as a satellite operator and service provider after the company launched their first microsatellite from California. The satellite, named ARVAKER […]

Startical launches their first satellite—IOD-1

Startical, a company created by ENAIRE and Indra to optimize air traffic management from space, has launched its first satellite, the IOD-1 (In-Orbit Demonstrator-1), via launch integrator Exolaunch as part […]

Interstellar Communication launches 1st icMercury satellite via SpaceX

Interstellar Communication Holdings Inc. has launched their first icMercury PocketQube satellite, HADES-ICM—the satellite was deployed into LEO aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on […]

Rocket Lab’s Pioneer spacecraft is deployed to orbit, powering Varda Space’ Industries’ 3rd in-space manufacturing mission

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.’s third Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc. is successfully operating on-orbit—the W-3 mission launched on March 14th from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The new mission […]