NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. to launch the agency’s Aspera mission, a smallsat to study galaxy formation and evolution, providing new insights into how the universe works. The […]
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Rocket Lab schedules next mission for multi-launch customer iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for the firm’s next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, named […]
SpaceX weather delays Starlink launch of Group 15-3 smallsats
It’s no surprise that the potential weather issues on May 3, with 100% cloud cover was the reason that the Starlink Group 15-3 of 29 smallsats launch was scrubbed and […]
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 […]
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 […]
INNOSPACE completes the launch pad-vehicle interface integrated system test for the HANBIT-Nano launch vehicle
INNOSPACE (KS: 462350) has successfully completed the Launch Pad-Vehicle Interface Integrated System Test for the HANBIT-Nano launch vehicle. The company independently developed a new portable launch pad, a key infrastructure […]