Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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Orbex Receives £3.3 Million in Funding as Part of ESA’s Boost! Initiative
UK-based orbital launch services company, Orbex, has been awarded £3.3 million in funding from the UK Space Agency as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) “Boost!” initiative. The initiative, which is part of ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support program, is designed to further the development of world-leading space launch technologies. Orbex will…
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ESA’s YPSat Completes Full Integration Ahead of Ariane 6 Inaugural Flight
ESA’s Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat, has been fully integrated for the first time, in preparation for its ‘electromagnetic compatibility’ testing seen here. This checks that all the systems aboard the compact payload can operate together without interfering either with each other or the launcher carrying it. YPSat is a project run in its entirety by…
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Rocket Lab Signs Deal to Launch Earth Observation Satellite for KAIST
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a launch services agreement to launch an Earth observation satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on a rideshare mission in the first half of 2024. KAIST’s NeonSat-1 will be the primary payload…
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Karman Space & Defense Marks Key Contribution to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Success
Karman Space & Defense, a concept-to-production solutions provider for integrated dynamic systems, assemblies, and advanced manufacturing, is proud to be a key supplier and instrumental contributor to the success of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. Karman’s contributions extend across the design, development, manufacturing, and qualification of essential hardware on both the OSIRIS-REx capsule and United Launch Alliance’s…
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Karman Space & Defense Marks Key Contribution to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Success
Karman Space & Defense, a concept-to-production solutions provider for integrated dynamic systems, assemblies, and advanced manufacturing, is proud to be a key supplier and instrumental contributor to the success of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. Karman’s contributions extend across the design, development, manufacturing, and qualification of essential hardware on both the OSIRIS-REx capsule and United Launch Alliance’s…
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PlanetiQ GNOMES-4 with World’s Most Accurate Weather Sensor Launched Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9
PlanetiQ, an innovator of global atmospheric observing systems, has launched its fourth generation Radio Occultation (RO) measurement satellite, GNOMES-4, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite was successfully deployed into Low-Earth Orbit at 10:36 am PT on December 1, 2023. GNOMES-4 is equipped with the world’s best…
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NASA Conducts Third Hot Fire of Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Testing its In-Flight Capability
NASA conducted the third RS-25 engine hot fire in a critical 12-test certification series on Nov. 29, demonstrating a key capability necessary for flight of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket during Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. NASA is conducting a series of tests to certify new manufacturing processes for producing RS-25 engines…
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RFA Announces Eight Customers for Second Test Flight of RFA ONE Launcher
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for German launcher systems at an event in Berlin. Eight customers with a total payload of 200kg will fly on the second test flight of the RFA ONE. After…
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Firefly Aerospace Completes Successful Hot Fire Test of First Miranda Engine
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) the companies are co-developing together. The critical milestone was completed just over a year after signing the initial contract. The turbopump-fed…
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Lockheed Martin’s ESA Payload Demonstrator To Showcase Faster On-Orbit Sensor Calibration
Lockheed Martin will soon launch a unique wideband Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) payload demonstrator to show the company’s investment in advanced technology to perform missions faster once in orbit. Based on an innovative, proprietary design, Lockheed Martin expects to calibrate this new ESA sensor in a fraction of the time it takes to operationalize traditional…