Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed that the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) were successfully deployed from D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) and contact has been established. The remaining two Patrol satellites (KSF2-A and KSF3-B) are expected to be deployed into a different orbit from the transfer vehicle […]
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Arianespace to Propel The Sentinel-1C To Orbit Aboard A Vega-C Launch Vehicle
Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Commission, to launch Sentinel-1C in the first half of 2023 on Vega-C — the satellite, weighing around 2.3 metric tons, will be placed in SSO with an altitude around 690 km. Before Sentinel-1C satellite, both Sentinel-1A and […]
Exolaunch Rockets To A Milestone — More Than 200 Smallsats Aboard A SpaceX Falcon 9 Sent To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-4 Mission Launch From Cape Canaveral
For their fourth, successful, dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX, Exolaunch completed the integration for 12 satellites from customers across the globe and were aboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission that successfully launched all payloads on April 1 from Cape Canaveral. This mission brought the total number of satellites sent to into space by Exolaunch to more […]
An Agreement For Launch Facilities Signed By Rocket Factory Augsburg AG + Australia’s Southern Launch
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has partnered with Southern Launch, a South Australian rocket launch facility provider. This partnership allows for the German launcher RFA ONE to be launched from Southern Launch’s Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia. Southern Launch’s orbital complex provides direct ascent into sun-synchronous and polar orbits. The agreement will […]
Synspective’s Second SAR Satellite — “StriX-β” — Launch Schedule With Rocket Lab Announced
Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, has revealed their official launch schedule for the company’s second SAR satellite, StriX-β. The launch window is set during a 14-day launch window that opens on February 28, UTC. Exact lift-off target date and time will be confirmed soon. Please note that the launch may be […]
Southern Launch + TiSPACE Release Never-Before-Seen Hapith 1 Rocket Launch Footage
Southern Launch and TiSPACE have released footage from their maiden test launch attempt of the letter’s Hapith I launch vehicle from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, Australia. The video features never-before-seen footage as the two companies worked collaboratively together to conduct Australia’s first commercial space launch attempt in more than 50 years. Lloyd Damp, […]
China Launches Guangmu Satellite
China On Friday, November 5, China propelled an Earth science satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi Province. The satellite, named Guangmu, was launched via a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 10:19 a.m. (0219 GMT) and successfully entered its planned SSO orbit. This was the 395th flight mission of […]
Orbital Debris Removal Services MoU Signed By Swedish Space + Bradford Space / ECAPS
ECAPS, a leading manufacturer of non-toxic propulsion systems a Swedish space company that was established in 2000 by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Volvo Aero, have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the collaborative offering of orbital debris removal services. Starting in 2024, SSC and Bradford Space will offer orbital debris removal as […]
Lunasonde To Launch Their Gossamer Mission Via EXOLAUNCH Services To SSO On A SpaceX Falcon 9 In 2022
Lunasonde and Exolaunch now have launch agreements to fly a portion of the Gossamer satellite constellation to SSO aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter missions in 2022. Though resources such as water and minerals power our world, there is no sustainable way to locate them and no scalable way to map them. Lunasonde is the next frontier […]