Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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PLD Space Advances MIURA 5 as a Reusable Orbital Launcher for Small Satellite Missions
PLD Space, a Spanish space transportation company headquartered in Elche, is developing MIURA 5, a reusable orbital launch vehicle designed to provide dedicated and rideshare launch services for small satellites. As the company’s flagship orbital launcher, MIURA 5 is engineered to offer reliable, customized and high-frequency access to space while supporting a wide range of…
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Rocket Lab Awarded $30 Million Contract for HASTE Hypersonic Rocket Launches for Anduril
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has been selected by defense technology company Anduril Industries for multiple hypersonic test flights with its HASTE launch vehicle. The partnership brings together two defense industry leaders to advance one of the Department of War’s most critical technology areas: scaled hypersonics…
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Impulse Space Unveils Rigel Engine to Advance Next Generation In-Space Mobility
Impulse Space has introduced Rigel, a new 200 lbf-class rocket engine designed to expand in-space mobility capabilities for missions ranging from precision maneuvering to high-energy transport. As the space economy scales, exploration is expanding, government activity is increasing and missions are pushing further into deep space. In-space operations require increasingly dynamic mobility. The Rigel engine…
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Rocket Lab Launched Second Dedicated Mission for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its second dedicated mission for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), further strengthening the partnership between Rocket Lab and Japan’s national space agency. The “Kakushin Rising” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 3:09 p.m.…
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Simsbury Manufacturer Plays Critical Role in NASA’s Artemis II Crewed Lunar Mission
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD), which employs approximately 500 people in Simsbury, CT and 300 in Moorpark, CA has designed, manufactured, and rigorously tested mission-critical hardware supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission; the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years. Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby,…
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ArianeGroup and Airbus Defence and Space Sign Supplier Contract for Ariane 6 Operations
ArianeGroup and Airbus Defence and Space in Spain signed a new supply contract for the Ariane 6 operational phase, supporting the industrial ramp-up of the European heavy-launcher production rate. The agreement covers the delivery of 27 shipsets, including large lightweight carbon fibre structures for the Ariane 6 launcher. The contract continues the long-standing collaboration between…
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Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches Alpha Flight 7
Firefly Aerospace, a market-leading space and defense technology company, announced the successful launch of its Alpha Flight 7 Stairway to Seven mission. Alpha lifted off from Firefly’s Space Launch Complex 2 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base at 5:50 pm PDT on March 11 before completing an orbital insertion and delivering a demonstrator payload for…
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Phantom Space Acquires Vector Launch Assets and IP to Accelerate Daytona Development
Phantom Space Corporation, a leader in responsive space transportation, announced it has acquired key assets and intellectual property from Vector Launch Inc. The acquisition accelerates development of Phantom’s Daytona launch vehicle and strengthens the company’s ability to deliver cost-effective, responsive launch services for government and commercial customers. The acquired assets include flight-proven design elements, engineering…
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Rocket Lab Deploys NEONSAT-1A Earth Imaging Satellite for Korean NEONSAT Program
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 81st Electron rocket and second launch in eight days to deploy a satellite for an Earth-observation constellation by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea’s leading university dedicated to science and technology. Also Read: What are the…
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Arianespace Signs Ariane 6 Contract for Galileo’s Second Generation L18 Satellites
Arianespace announced at the European Space Conference in Brussels the signature of the launch contract with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), under the delegation of the European Commission, to orbit the second pair of second-generation satellites of the Galileo constellation (Galileo L18) on board an Ariane 6 launcher. With this signature,…