Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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Rocket Lab to Launch NASA’s TROPICS Constellation from New Zealand
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced that it will launch NASA’s TROPICS constellation across two dedicated Electron missions lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand next month. The TROPICS constellation (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Small Sats) will monitor…
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Astrolab Plans to Launch Moon Rover on SpaceX Starship
Lunar rover developer Astrolab has signed an agreement with SpaceX to transport its first rover to the moon on a future Starship flight. Astrolab said it has arranged to fly the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover it is developing as a payload on a Starship lunar lander mission scheduled for as soon as mid-2026.…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 35th Electron Setting a New Record for Fastest Launch Turnaround
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced it has successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc. The mission took place just seven days following the Company’s previous Electron mission…
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Ursa Major to Provide Hadley Rocket Engines for Vector Launch’s US National Security Mission
Ursa Major, one of America’s leading privately funded companies focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced an agreement with launch provider Vector Launch to support Vector’s recently awarded U.S. national security contract. Ursa Major will supply several 5,000-pound thrust “Hadley” engines to power the main stage of Vector-R launch vehicles to demonstrate capabilities for future missions.…
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Stoke Space Allocated Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Stoke Space, the rocket company building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket, announced that they have been allocated Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida by the Space Launch Delta 45. “We are over the Moon excited by this opportunity,” said Julia Black, Director of Range Operations at…
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Gilmour Space and Atomos Space Collaborate for Launch Services and In-Space Transportation
Gilmour Space Technologies and Atomos Space have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a multi-year contract for Gilmour and Atomos to mutually purchase services for launch and in-space transportation. The partnership will see Atomos contract Gilmour for launch services on its Eris and upcoming orbital launch vehicles. In addition, Atomos’…
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United Launch Alliance’s Innovative Vulcan Rocket One Step Closer for its First Test Flight
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket has begun its journey to the launch site in preparation for the first test flight. The certification flight one (Cert-1) rocket was completed, loaded onto the R/S RocketShip outside of ULA’s rocket factory in Decatur, Ala., and is on a 2,000-mile voyage to Cape Canaveral Space Force…
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Spaceflight Signs Deal to Launch Sherpa Vehicles on Maritime Launch Services Missions
Spaceflight Inc., a premier launch and in-space transportation services provider, announced it has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services Inc. to launch up to five of its Sherpa Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs). The launches will be from Spaceport Nova Scotia aboard the Cyclone-4M beginning in 2025. Spaceflight has successfully delivered more than 550 spacecraft…
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TISICS Receives Funding from UK Space Agency to Develop Sustainable Launch Tech
Aerospace manufacturing specialists, TISICS, have received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop demisable launcher components that will reduce the risk of damage to spacecraft by space debris, whilst reducing the processing time and materials waste experienced from current HPV-liner manufacturing. According to the Government’s National Space Strategy, published in 2021, the UK’s space…
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Virgin Orbit Receives UK’s First Orbital Launch License
The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority has issued launch and range control licenses to Virgin Orbit to undertake the first satellite launch from UK soil. The granting of these licenses represents a major step forward for the historic Start Me Up mission, and reflects the CAA’s concurrence that all reasonable steps have been taken by Virgin…