Equatorial Launch Australia was recently awarded ‘Launch Business of the Year’ at the AusSpace24 Australian Space Awards at a gala event held in Sydney. The judging panel cited ELA’s innovative business strategy, advanced […]
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The first 5 Kinéis smallsats to be launched to orbit via Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher
Kinéis is scheduled to deploy the 1st European constellation comprised of 25 nanosatellites and dedicated to IoT for June 18, 2024, engaging the first of five launches via Rocket Lab‘s […]
Firefly Aerospace announces multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has signed a multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket through 2029. This agreement commits Lockheed Martin to 15 launch reservations and 10 […]
The Launch of a Rocket Lab Knight
Being born in Invercargill, the capital city of New Zealand’s South Island, the Chief Executive Officer of Rocket Lab is now Sir Peter Beck, having just been appointed by King […]
HyImpulse launches their 1st commercially viable launch vehicle
HyImpulse, a German manufacturer and system provider of commercial launch vehicles for satellite transport, successfully test-launched their 12 meter long and 2.5 ton single-stage rocket “SR75” that can transport smallsats […]
Tata Advanced Systems Limited + Satellogic announce TSAT-1A satellite launch success
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) have announced the successful deployment into space of TASL’s TSAT-1A satellite aboard the SpaceX Bandwagon-1 mission that launched from Launch […]
Rocket Lab returns previously flown Electron to production line in prep for 1st Reflight
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has returned a previously flown Electron rocket first stage tank into the Electron production line for the first time in preparation for reflying the […]
Fleet Space launches Centauri-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission
Fleet Space Technologies has successfully deployed the company’s Centauri-6 satellite on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-1 mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in […]
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirms successful deployment of HawkEye 360 smallsat clusters
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has confirmed that six radio frequency geolocation smallsats developed for HawkEye 360 have successfully communicated with ground control — the HawkEye 360 Cluster 8 and 9 […]
Orbex secures reusable rocket tech patent and gains ESA Flight Ticket Initiative position
Orbex, the only UK owned orbital launch services and rocket manufacturing company, has successfully patented its REFLIGHT reusable rocket technology following patent approval in several European markets as well as […]