Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems Stand Ready for SSC’s Responsive Space Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, and Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company small satellite constellation prime, have entered the hot standby phase for VICTUS NOX, a Tactically Responsive Space mission led by Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Safari Program Office. The team stands ready for the 24-hour callup and orbit requirements to complete…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 40th Electron Mission and Flies Reused Engine
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, successfully launched a dedicated Electron mission for Capella Space. The mission demonstrated several significant milestones for Rocket Lab’s reusability program, including an ocean splashdown of the Electron rocket’s first stage and the successful flight of a previously flown Rutherford engine. The mission was also Rocket Lab’s…
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Rocket Lab to Launch Earth Observation Satellite for Japanese Earth Imaging Company iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, a global launch services and space systems company, announced it has signed a deal to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), a Japan-based Earth imaging company. iQPS was originally manifested on another launch vehicle, but iQPS has now selected Rocket Lab to…
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Rocket Lab Signs Double Launch Deal with NASA for Climate Change Research Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a launch services and space systems company, announced it has signed a double-launch deal with NASA to deliver the Agency’s climate change research-focused mission, PREFIRE, to low Earth orbit in 2024. The two dedicated missions on Electron will deploy one small satellite each to a 525km circular orbit from Rocket Lab Launch…
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Rocket Lab Signs New Block Buy Deal for Five Electron Launches with BlackSky
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, has announced it has signed another block buy deal for five Electron launches with BlackSky, one of the leading providers of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services. Rocket Lab has launched six Electron missions for BlackSky since 2019, becoming the primary launch provider for BlackSky’s…
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Rocket Lab Secures New Deal to Launch HASTE Mission from Virginia
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced that it has signed a new launch services agreement with a confidential customer for a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) mission from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in 2024. The contract…
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L3Harris Completes the Acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne
L3Harris Technologies, a trusted disruptor for the global aerospace and defense industry has completed its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, a world-recognized aerospace and defense company providing propulsion and power systems for rockets, spacecraft, and other space vehicles. The acquisition marks the forming of a fourth business segment at the company. L3Harris signed a definitive agreement…
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced its JUPITER 3 ultra high-density satellite has successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from historic Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Also known as EchoStar XXIV, JUPITER 3 was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, CA, and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of…
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Rocket Lab Announces Launch Window for Capella Space’s Next Mission in Multi-Launch Contract
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, announced it has scheduled its next Electron launch during a window that opens on 28 July 2023 NZST/UTC. The ‘We Love the Nightlife’ mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula for American space tech company Capella Space,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Satellites for NASA and Commercial Constellation Operators
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, successfully launched seven satellites for NASA, Space Flight Laboratory, and Spire Global from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and recovered the Electron’s booster as part of the Company’s reusable rocket program. The Baby Come Back mission was Rocket Lab’s seventh launch for the year and…