Tag: Launch
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Solstar Space Expands Space Networking and Communications for Orbital and Lunar Missions
Solstar Space is advancing space-based networking and communications technologies designed to support human spaceflight, satellite operations, lunar exploration and future deep-space missions. Headquartered in Santa Fe, the company is developing integrated communications solutions intended to provide persistent connectivity between astronauts, spacecraft, payloads and mission operators across Low Earth Orbit (LEO), lunar orbit, the lunar surface…
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Globalstar Announces HIBLEO-4 Satellite Replenishment Launch with SpaceX
Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, announced that Globalstar’s HIBLEO-4 replenishment satellites will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, May 17 during a 14-minute window that opens at 8:50 a.m. ET, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites are designed to help replenish Globalstar’s existing low Earth…
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Sierra Space Advances Orbital Cargo Transportation with Dream Chaser Spaceplane
Sierra Space, a US-based aerospace company focused on commercial space transportation and orbital infrastructure systems, is advancing reusable orbital cargo operations through its Dream Chaser spaceplane and Shooting Star cargo module architecture. The integrated system is designed to deliver and return cargo from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) while supporting runway-based spacecraft recovery and flexible logistics…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deploys 41 Satellites on CAS500-2 Rideshare Mission with SpaceX
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, announced the successful deployment of 41 customer satellites (20 microsatellites and 21 cubesats) out of 45 satellites flying on the CAS500-2 rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Lift-off occurred from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:00 am CET.…
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Astrobotic Expands Lunar Transportation Capabilities with Landers and Surface Rovers
Astrobotic Technology, a US-based aerospace company specializing in lunar logistics, robotic landers and planetary mobility systems, is advancing commercial lunar exploration through a portfolio of lunar delivery platforms designed for cargo transportation, surface mobility, and precision landing operations on the Moon. The company’s lunar transportation architecture combines modular landers and lightweight rover systems intended to…
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Eycore and NanoAvionics Launch Polish SAR Sat with Neutrino/Quantum Missions
SpaceX’s second CAS500 (Compact Advanced Satellite 500) mission to low-Earth orbit (LEO) carried, among others, three satellites using buses from small-satellite manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics into orbit: Eycore-1, a pilot for an all-European, military-grade Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) solution and NanoAvionics’ platform debut for SAR applications, QUBE II, demoing the first-ever quantum key exchange between a…
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Rocket Lab Corporation to Acquire Motiv Space Systems for Robotics and Spacecraft Integration
Rocket Lab Corporation a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Motiv Space Systems (Motiv), a California-based company specializing in space robotics, motion control systems, and precision mechanisms for spacecraft. The acquisition will advance two strategic objectives for Rocket Lab: it will add Mars-proven robotics…
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Firefly Aerospace Expands Cislunar Capabilities With Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Missions
Firefly Aerospace is advancing commercial lunar exploration and cislunar transportation services through the Blue Ghost lunar lander program, a platform designed to support payload delivery, lunar surface operations, orbital services and customized Moon mission architectures for government and commercial customers. Through the integrated launch, orbital and lunar systems, Firefly is positioning Blue Ghost as a…
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Cowboy Space Corporation Raises $275 Million Series B for Orbital Infrastructure
Cowboy Space Corporation, the orbital infrastructure company founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, announced $275M in Series B financing at a $2B valuation led by Index Ventures, with participation from new investors IVP, Blossom Capital, and SAIC, alongside existing investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Construct Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Interlagos and Baiju Bhatt. The company, which operated…
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NordSpace Advances Canada’s Space Capabilities with Launch and Satellite Technologies
NordSpace is expanding Canada’s presence in the aerospace sector through the development of orbital launch vehicles, commercial spaceport infrastructure, hypersonic systems, propulsion technologies and satellite platforms. The company is focused on building an integrated ecosystem of Canadian-designed and manufactured space technologies intended to support commercial, scientific, defense and environmental applications. By combining launch vehicle development,…