Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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Phantom and Vaya Space Sign Launch Site Agreement for Commercial Space Launches
Phantom COO Mark Lester and Vaya COO Rob Fabian signed the memorandum of agreement at the Space Mobility Conference, outlining how the two companies will work concurrently at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 13 (LC-13). For the first time, two launch service providers have agreed to simultaneously operate from a single launch complex.…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches First Electron Mission of 2024
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, launched its first Electron mission for 2024, a space-junk-focused mission for Spire Global and NorthStar Earth & Space. The ‘Four Of A Kind’ mission for Spire’s customer NorthStar successfully launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 19:34…
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PLD Space Awarded €40.5 Million PERTE Contract for Space Launcher Development
The Spanish aerospace company PLD Space has won the second phase of the project for the development of a Spanish launcher for small satellites, framed within the Aerospace PERTE (Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation), which has a tender amount of 40.5 million euros. The company has been appointed as the sole contractor, having…
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Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Resupply Mission Launched Successfully to the ISS
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This is the company’s 20th resupply mission, designated as NG-20. Under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service-2 (CRS-2) contract, Cygnus is carrying more than…
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Firefly Aerospace Selected by NRO as Launch Provider with Alpha Rocket
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it was selected by the National Reconnaissance Office to serve as a launch provider with Firefly’s Alpha rocket. As part of the NRO’s Streamlined Launch Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (SLIC), the agreement has a 10-year ordering period with a ceiling value of $700 million across all firm…
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Exolaunch Awarded €18M Launch Services Contract by German Space Agency
Exolaunch, the Berlin-based global provider of launch mission management, integration, and deployment services, announced that it has been awarded a governmental contract under the Small Satellite Initiative run by the German Space Agency at DLR on behalf of the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). This novel initiative, aimed at providing wide-ranging launch…
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Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes 11th Spaceflight Mission
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the completion of its first spaceflight of 2024 and 11th mission to date. The ‘Galactic 06’ flight marked the first time all four seats aboard VSS Unity were occupied by private astronauts. Onboard ‘Galactic 06’: Astronaut 023 – Lina Borozdina, Ukraine and Nevada, U.S. Astronaut 024 – Robie Vaughn, Texas, U.S.…
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Impulse Space Reveals Design Specifications for Its New High-Performance Kick Stage
Impulse Space, an innovator of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system, has unveiled the design specifications for its latest vehicle: Helios, a high-performance kick stage. Using a medium-lift launch vehicle, Helios is designed to take payloads of over 5 tons directly from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) in less than…
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Northrop Grumman’s Solid Rocket Boosters Power ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Maiden Launch
Two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s extended-length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) solid rocket boosters helped power the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Rocket and the first certification (Cert-1) mission. The GEM 63XL boosters are the longest monolithic, single-cast solid rocket boosters ever manufactured and flown. The launch represents the first flight of…
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Einstein Probe Launches with a Mission to Monitor the X-ray Sky
The Chinese Academy of Sciences spacecraft Einstein Probe lifted off on a Chang Zheng (Long March) 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China at 15:03 CST / 07:03 GMT / 08:03 CET on 9 January 2024. With the successful launch, Einstein Probe began its mission to survey the sky and hunt for…