Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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SpaceRyde Signs Multiple Launch Service Agreements with ISILAUNCH
SpaceRyde, the space transportation company building the interplanetary logistics infrastructure known as the Rocket Network, has announced multiple launch agreements (MLA) with ISILAUNCH, a launch services subsidiary of Netherlands-based ISIS – Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE) – with over 570 customer satellites, including Planet, brought to orbit. The MLA is an agreement for four…
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NASA’s Artemis I Rocket Successfully Launches Orion to Moon
Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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Intelsat Announces Successful Launch of Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 Geosynchronous Communications Satellites
Intelsat, an operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of inflight connectivity, announced the successful launch of Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32, geosynchronous communications satellites that will ensure service continuity to Intelsat’s North American media customers. The Maxar-manufactured Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 satellites were launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon…
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Exotrail and Isar Aerospace Sign Multiple Launch Services Agreement
The space mobility operator Exotrail and the European launch service provider Isar Aerospace announced a multiple launch services agreement. Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle Spectrum will launch Exotrail’s spacevan vehicle on several firm launches to low Earth (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbits (GTO) from Isar Aerospace’s launch sites in Andøya, Norway, and CSG, French Guiana, between…
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Gilmour Space Successfully Completes Final Qualification Test Fire of Sirius Hybrid Rocket Engine
Australian rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have successfully completed the final qualification test fire of its Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country’s first orbital launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket next year. The Queensland-based launch company is developing Eris, a three-stage rocket that could provide a cost-effective and greener alternative…
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Rocket Lab Opens Archimedes Engine Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, has kicked off operations for testing the Archimedes engine with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Archimedes Test Complex will be home to engine testing for the 165,000 lbf engines to be used on Rocket Lab’s reusable Neutron rocket. The Archimedes…
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Virgin Orbit to Launch NorthStar’s Space Situational Awareness Services in 2023
NorthStar Earth & Space, a comprehensive environment Information services enterprise, announced that the first three of its constellation of 24 satellites dedicated to commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) will be among the payloads carried by Spire Global’s satellites to be launched by Virgin Orbit. The launch is scheduled for mid-2023. NorthStar will be the first…
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Rocket Lab to Attempt Next Mid-Air Helicopter Rocket Catch
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, confirmed that it will attempt to catch an Electron rocket with a helicopter as it returns to Earth from space during the Company’s next launch. Rocket Lab’s 32nd Electron launch, the “Catch Me If You Can” mission, is scheduled to launch from Pad…
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Beyond Gravity Wins Major Contract from ULA to Supply Payload Fairings for the Vulcan Rockets
In mid-March this year, Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) was awarded a contract to develop and deliver the dispenser system for Amazon’s planned satellite constellation. Project Kuiper aims to provide affordable, high-speed broadband connections around the world. Now, United Launch Alliance (ULA) has also awarded Beyond Gravity the contract to supply 38 payload fairings for…
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Eutelsat Announces the Successful Launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F Satellite
Eutelsat Communications has announced that the EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by American space launch provider SpaceX using a Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The separation of the all-electric satellite occurred after a 35-minute flight and the spacecraft systems initialization was successfully completed over…