Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys iQPS Constellation
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 69th Electron mission and deployed the latest satellite to orbit for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) – Rocket Lab’s fifth dedicated mission in a multi-launch contract to build their constellation in low Earth orbit. ‘The Harvest Goddess…
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Intuitive Machines Secures $9.8 Million Contract to Advance Orbital Vehicle for Launch
Intuitive Machines, a leading space technology and infrastructure services company, has secured a $9.8 million Phase Two government contract to advance its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) through Critical Design Review (CDR), the final engineering milestone on a previously disclosed contract, before manufacturing begins. Phase Two of the contract expands the Company’s growing government portfolio and…
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PLD Space Advances Rapidly and Reliably in the Development of MIURA 5
In the first half of 2025, PLD Space has made notable advances in the development of MIURA 5, its reusable orbital launcher, as well as the infrastructure required for its launch from the European spaceport CSG, owned by CNES, in French Guiana. The engineering team has worked intensively on iterating the launcher’s design, integrating test…
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SpaceWERX Selects New Frontier Aerospace to Develop Bifröst Orbit Transfer Spacecraft
New Frontier Aerospace, a leading innovator in advanced propulsion, hypersonics, and orbital transfer technologies, announced it has been selected for a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Tactical High Orbit Fast Transfer (THOFT) award by SpaceWERX. This award will enable NFA to further develop its revolutionary Bifröst Orbit Transfer Spacecraft (OTS), specifically…
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Millennium Space Begins On-Orbit Commissioning of NASA’s TRACERS Mission
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, has begun on-orbit commissioning of NASA‘s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS), following the mission’s launch on Wednesday, July 23. Millennium designed, built, and tested the two identical TRACERS spacecraft at its factory in El Segundo and is conducting mission operations from the company’s in-house Mission Operations…
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Interstellar and Exolaunch Partner to Advance Launch Services in Asia
Interstellar Technologies, a leading space infrastructure company, has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) with Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services. This partnership marks a significant step forward in enhancing rideshare launch capabilities for small satellites across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. As demand for small satellite deployment…
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Gilmour Space and Space BD Team Up for Satellite Launch Services
Space BD, a leading Japanese space business integrator, and Gilmour Space Technologies, Australia’s leading launch services provider, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to deliver satellite launch services from Australia. Under this agreement, Space BD will offer dedicated and rideshare opportunities on Gilmour Space’s Eris launch vehicles and ElaraSat platforms, opening new mission options…
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ESA Selects PLD Space for European Launcher Challenge
PLD Space has been preselected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the European Launcher Challenge (ELC), the largest European program aimed at fostering new sovereign launch capabilities on the continent. ESA officially launched the ELC this year as a strategic initiative that will award up to €169 million per company in its…
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Orbex and Exolaunch Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement In Launch Services
Orbex, the UK-based orbital launch services company, has announced a strategic five-year partnership with Exolaunch, a global leader in launch services, mission management, deployment systems, and integration services for small satellites. The agreement will see Orbex and Exolaunch collaborate to provide end-to-end launch services for small satellites. Exolaunch will utilise launch capacity and integrate customer…
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Arianespace to Launch CO3D and MicroCarb Satellites on July 25
Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space‘s CO3D satellites, On Friday, July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite. This mission, called “VV27”, will be performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The main passengers, the four satellites composing the CO3D…