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Rocket Lab Grows Revenue 16% in 2023, Debuts Spacecraft Bus Lineup
Rocket Lab grew revenue 16% in 2023 year-over-year, and the company announced its fourth quarter financials on Feb. 27, along with an official lineup of its family of spacecraft buses. Rocket Lab reported $244.6 million in revenue in 2023. Space Systems contributed $172.7 million in revenue — up 15% year-over-year. Space Systems is about 71% of…
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Ascent Solar’s Space Solar Modules to Fly on NASA’s Upcoming LISA-T Mission
Ascent Solar Technologies, one of the leading U.S. innovators in the design and manufacture of featherweight, flexible, and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, announced that the Company’s solar module products will fly on NASA’s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this summer. The mission, led by NASA’s Space…
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Firefly Aerospace doubles Texas footprint to support testing of Antares 330, MLV rocket
Firefly’s new MLV manufacturing and integration building in Bertram, Texas. Image: Firefly Aerospace In the months following its fourth flight of it Alpha rocket, Firefly Aerospace continues to push forward with work on two new rockets in partnership with Northrop Grumman. On Wednesday, Firefly is set to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking a manufacturing expansion…
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Maybe, just maybe, Boeing’s Starliner will finally fly astronauts this spring
We’ve heard this before, but Boeing appears to be a couple of months from finally launching astronauts into orbit aboard the commercial CST-100 Starliner crew capsule. It was about two months prior to this mission’s previous launch date last July when Boeing and NASA officials decided to put a hold on launch preparations. During their…
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BlackSky’s 45% Revenue Growth in 2023 Fueled by International Customer Gains
BlackSky Technology closed out the 2023 fiscal year with record high revenues, new international customers, and a growing demand for the future. The company reported 2023 financials on Wednesday. BlackSky’s total revenue for 2023 was $94.5 million, up $29.1 million, or 45%, from 2022. The company saw a 38% year-over-year growth increase in high-margin imagery…
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It turns out that Odysseus landed on the Moon without any altimetry data
HOUSTON—Steve Altemus beamed with pride on Tuesday morning as he led me into Mission Control for the Odysseus lander, which is currently operating on the Moon and returning valuable scientific data to Earth. A team of about a dozen operators sat behind consoles, attempting to reset a visual processing unit onboard the lunar lander, one…
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ST Engineering iDirect Lands LatAm Connectivity Deal
ST Engineering iDirect is expanding a strategic partnership with AITELECOM/APCO to improve connectivity services throughout Latin America. AITELECOM/APCO is a satellite and terrestrial communications provider mainly targeting customers in Mexico, but also other countries in Latin America. The two companies announced the expanded partnership on Feb. 27. The two companies have deployed ST Engineering iDirect’s…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Satellite Scheduled for Launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced its LizzieSat satellite is now securely encapsulated within SpaceX’s payload fairing in preparation for launch. LizzieSat is targeted to launch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Rideshare mission no earlier than March 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.…
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Rocket Lab Unveils Updated Lineup of Advanced Spacecraft Bus
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, introduced its family of spacecraft buses, consolidating the custom designs Rocket Lab has developed for multiple customers and missions. The family of spacecraft is the result of more than four years of development into Rocket Lab’s space systems capabilities. “We’ve had the privilege…
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Redwire Opens New Facility in Washington, DC Region to Support National Security Programs
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that it has opened a new office in Chantilly, Virginia, as the company expands to support a growing number of national security programs and customers. “Redwire’s new Chantilly office provides a front door for the national security community to tap into…