Tag: Aerospace
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Firefly Aerospace Expands Central Texas Campus for Spacecraft Production and Innovation
Firefly Aerospace, a market leading space and defense technology company, announced the company moved into a new headquarters, expanded its cleanroom space and added an innovation lab to support Firefly’s growing workforce, accelerate spacecraft production and enable breakthrough space technologies. The expansion includes two new buildings adjacent to Firefly’s existing spacecraft facility in Cedar Park,…
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Starfighters Space and Mu-g Technologies Expand Partnership for NASA Microgravity Services
Starfighters Space, the innovative aerospace company, owner and operator of the world’s fastest fleet of commercial supersonic aircraft, together with Mu-g Technologies, an innovator focused on the development of microgravity research and flight test services, announced a significant expansion of its strategic partnership. Under a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Starfighters will assist Mu-g’s…
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Astrolab Announces NASA Payloads for Upcoming Lunar Mission
Astrolab, an aerospace company building planetary rovers,announced NASA payload customers for its first lunar mission aboard the company’s FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) rover. FLIP will fly aboard Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Griffin-1 will deliver payloads to the Moon’s south pole, advancing the Artemis campaign to return…
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Starfighters Space Partners with Integrated Launch Solutions on STARLAUNCH
Starfighters Space, the innovative aerospace company, owner and operator of the world’s largest fleet of commercial supersonic aircraft, announced that it has engaged Integrated Launch Solutions, (ILS) to provide engineering and technical integration support as Starfighters advances the STARLAUNCH pathway from design and analysis toward flight and launch services. Starfighters has engaged ILS to support…
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Blacknight Space Supports Startup Accelerator Focused on Emerging Commercial Space Startups
The commercial space industry is entering a new phase. The era of launch vehicles is maturing, satellite constellations are scaling and attention is shifting toward the infrastructure, data, logistics and services that will power the space economy over the next two decades. Blacknight Space believes that some of the biggest companies in space haven’t been…
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Quantum Space Opens Tulsa Facility to Scale Ranger Spacecraft Production
Quantum Space, a company building the next generation of advanced maneuverable spacecraft for defense and commercial space operations, announced the establishment of a new manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The facility will serve as the company’s primary site for large propulsion tank manufacturing and precision spacecraft parts production, initially creating up to 50 high-skill jobs,…
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Northrop Grumman Sets New Standard in Space Positioning and Navigation
Northrop Grumman Corporation is introducing the LR-450, a compact, lightweight positioning and navigation system built for a variety of space missions. The LR-450 delivers continuous, precise spacecraft tracking and orientation even when satellite signals are unavailable. The new system is now available worldwide for purchase and integration across space platforms. Key Features: High-precision inertial navigation:…
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Space42 and Sindan Partner on Autonomous Systems Testing and Satellite Connectivity Integration
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company with global reach, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sindan, a specialist in advanced additive manufacturing, to discuss collaboration across satellite connectivity solutions on autonomous systems. The partnership will study synergies between Space42’s satellite communications capabilities and aerospace systems, alongside Sindan’s manufacturing and flight-testing infrastructure. The agreement…
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Sierra Space Advances Orbital Cargo Transportation with Dream Chaser Spaceplane
Sierra Space, a US-based aerospace company focused on commercial space transportation and orbital infrastructure systems, is advancing reusable orbital cargo operations through its Dream Chaser spaceplane and Shooting Star cargo module architecture. The integrated system is designed to deliver and return cargo from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) while supporting runway-based spacecraft recovery and flexible logistics…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deploys 41 Satellites on CAS500-2 Rideshare Mission with SpaceX
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, announced the successful deployment of 41 customer satellites (20 microsatellites and 21 cubesats) out of 45 satellites flying on the CAS500-2 rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Lift-off occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:00 am CET.…