SpaceForest is developing a new, commercial, single-stage European sounding rocket offering almost four minutes of microgravity experimentation time — the 11.5 meter tall rocket will be able to launch 50 […]
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NASA to launch sounding rockets into the Moon’s shadow during solar eclipse
NASA intends to launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a […]
Airbus-built TEXUS sounding rockets launched to conduct experiments in microgravity
The TEXUS 60 rocket was successfully launched by Airbus on Sunday, March 24, at 10:45 CET, from Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Sweden — the rocket reached an apogee of […]
HyImpulse SR75 rocket on the way to Australia for maiden launch from the Koonibba Test Range
HyImpulse has packed up their SR75 rocket ready for launch from South Australia in late April/early of May this year — Southern Launch is hosting HyImpulse at the Koonibba Test […]
SSC awards SRP-4 on-ramp contracts
The U.S. Space Force’s Small Launch and Targets Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space organization, awarded the […]
NASA Wallops supports hypersonic rocket launches
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility successfully supported the launch of two, suborbital, sounding rockets on November 15, 2023, for Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in […]
HyImpulse to launch the SR75 from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in Australia
Southern Launch will welcome HyImpulse to launch into space from the Koonibba Test Range near Ceduna in South Australia in 2024 — HyImpulse is bringing their SR75 sounding rocket to […]
Viper + T-Rex on double rocket launch
Not one, but two rocket launches, with ESA-led experiments, are flying to the edge of space just a week apart, providing unique data to researchers eager to learn more about […]
Equatorial Space gathers million$ in seed round
Equatorial Space Systems has raised $1.5 million in a successful seed round led by Elev8.VC, with Seeds Capital and Masik Enterprises joining in, as well. The round will serve to […]
Advanced XCAM X-ray camera system from XCAM Ltd ready for sub-orbital space launch
XCAM Ltd. has delivered an advanced digital camera to Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the USA as part of a multi-million-dollar NASA space technology project that will see the system […]