Tag: Ground
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Firefly Aerospace: Revolutionizing Space Access and Exploration
Firefly Aerospace, headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, is making significant advancements in the commercial space industry. Established to provide cost-effective and rapid space access, the company specializes in small to medium satellite launch services, lunar landers, and orbital transfer vehicles. With key partnerships, including NASA, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Space Force, Firefly is cementing…
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Kratos Starts Construction of Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company specializing in defense, national security, and global markets, announced the groundbreaking of Kratos’ Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility (IPIF) in Crane, Indiana. This state-of-the-art 68,000-square-foot office, laboratory, integration, and test complex will support critical hypersonic vehicle and payload activities and systems for the Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Returns to Earth After Months in ISS
NASA‘s ninth rotational SpaceX crew mission (Crew-9) astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida, ending their months-long science expedition onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Over the course of the mission, the crew supported a variety of investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, including research to improve treatments for neurodegenerative conditions, studies to…
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Rocket Lab Schedules Electron Launch for OroraTech Wildfire Detection Mission
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has scheduled a rapid turnaround mission on Electron for OroraTech, a Germany-based global provider of wildfire detection and monitoring solutions. The mission, named “Finding Hot Wildfires Near You”, is set to launch during a window that opens on March 27th NZDT and…
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General Atomics OTB Satellite Achieves Mission Success After Five Years in Orbit
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that the Orbital Test Bed satellite (OTB) launched in June of 2019 has successfully completed its five-year mission. The OTB spacecraft will now begin its estimated two-decade deorbit phase. “OTB began an exciting chapter for GA-EMS as this was the first launch of our GA-150 spacecraft hosting multiple payloads…
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BlackSky Concludes Critical Design Review with Major International Defense Customer
BlackSky Technologies, a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world, completed a critical design review (CDR) with a major international defense customer successfully confirming that the company’s next-generation architecture, powered by its Gen-3 constellation,…
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ATLAS Space Operations Partners with Viasat to Support NASA Mission Contract
ATLAS Space Operations has been contracted by Viasat, a global company in satellite communications, to help provide mission-critical support to ongoing and future NASA missions. As one of four commercial companies named in the first round of NASA Near Space Network (NSN) Services contract Task Order awards, Viasat will employ its global Real-Time Earth (RTE)…
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Pixxel’s Firefly Satellites Capture World’s Highest-Resolution Hyperspectral Images
Pixxel, a space technology company building the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation, announced that its three Firefly satellites have successfully captured and downlinked their ‘First Light’ images – setting a new benchmark as the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral images. With all three satellites having completed commissioning successfully and in perfect working condition, this marks a significant…
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Interstellar Communication Launches First icMercury PocketQube Satellite HADES-ICM
Interstellar Communication Holdings, celebrated a major milestone with the successful launch of its first icMercury PocketQube satellite, HADES-ICM. The satellite was deployed into low Earth orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:43 AM EDT on March 15, 2025. This mission represents a significant step toward expanding space…
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Firefly Aerospace Successfully Concludes 14 Days of Surface Operations on the Moon
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, announced that it met 100 percent of its mission objectives for Blue Ghost Mission 1 after performing the first fully successful commercial Moon landing on March 2, completing more than 14 days of surface operations (346 hours of daylight), and operating just over 5 hours into…