Tag: Launch
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Neuraspace Advances Space Ops with AI-Driven LEOP Tracking and Mission Support
Neuraspace has developed its Launch and Early Operations (LEOP) Tracking & Support solution to help satellite operators, launch providers and government organizations safely manage one of the most critical phases of a space mission. The service combines advanced tracking, orbit determination, collision avoidance and communication support to improve mission reliability immediately after launch, particularly for increasingly…
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Rocket Lab Completes 92nd Electron Launch for iQPS Earth-Imaging Constellation
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched the 13th Electron rocket of the year to deploy the latest satellite to space for multi-launch customer Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), operators of the QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. ‘The Grain Goddess Provides’ mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex…
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Rocket Lab Launches 92nd Electron, Deploys Eighth Satellite for Japan’s iQPS
The mission came more than a month after the previous launch attempt for the same customer was aborted. With this flight, Rocket Lab extends a commercial relationship with iQPS that now spans eight satellites, a repeat-customer arrangement that has become a fixture of Electron’s manifest. The launch from Mahia deployed a single spacecraft for iQPS,…
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Telesat Secures $2.3 Billion Arctic Military Satcom Contract
Telesat LEO ULC, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced that it has signed a $2.3 billion Telesat Lightspeed services contract with Canada’s Defence Investment Agency (DIA) to deliver secure Military Ka-band (Mil-Ka) Arctic connectivity to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) under the Enhanced Satellite Communications Project – Polar (ESCP-P) program.…
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AST SpaceMobile Launches BlueBird 11, 12 and 13 Satellites
AST SpaceMobile, a company developing a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, has announced the orbital launch of its BlueBird satellites 11, 12, and 13. The mission has lifted off at 3:42 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard…
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China’s Smart Dragon-3 rocket successfully launches 2 satellites from sea
HAIYANG, Shandong, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — A carrier rocket launched from waters off east China’s Shandong Province Wednesday has sent two hyperspectral satellites into orbit, which are expected to support high-precision observation in China and large-scale monitoring of land and sea worldwide. The Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket blasted off at 10:38 a.m. (Beijing Time)…
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Chinese Long March-8A rocket launches new internet satellite group
China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Tuesday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. A Long March-8A carrier rocket, carrying the 23rd group of the low-orbit internet constellation, blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province, Aug. 4,…
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AE Industrial Rebrands as Rocketdyne and Acquires L3Harris Space Propulsion and Power Business
AE Industrial Partners, a private investment firm focused on technologies and services critical to national and economic security, has finalized the acquisition of the space propulsion, power and electronics units from L3Harris Technologies, and is launching the entity as Rocketdyne. L3Harris will retain a minority stake in the business and continue to be a strategic…
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Gravitics Advances Space Cargo and Logistics With Flexible In-Orbit Delivery
Gravitics is developing turnkey space cargo and logistics solutions designed to transport assets where they are needed in orbit while providing flexible services beyond conventional cargo resupply. Its cargo spacecraft is designed for efficient delivery operations and can optionally remain in orbit as a storage module after completing its delivery mission or serve as a…
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Kreios Space Advances VLEO Technology to Enable Long-Duration Satellite Missions
Kreios Space is developing a new generation of satellite technology designed to enable sustained operations in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), approximately 200 km above Earth. The company’s platform combines an aerodynamically optimized satellite with a proprietary Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) system, allowing satellites to operate for more than seven years in an orbital region traditionally…