Tag: Launch
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Orbit Fab Announces Leadership Expansion and Series B Funding Round
Orbit Fab, the leading provider of in-space refueling infrastructure, announced significant leadership appointments and governance enhancements, securing of interim financing, and the opening of its Series B funding round as the company enters its next phase of commercial growth and execution. Orbit Fab has appointed Peter Shaper as Chief Executive Officer. Shaper brings more than…
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D-Orbit Launches 23rd Commercial Mission with ION Satellite Carrier
D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, launched Above the Summer Sky, the 23rd commercial mission of its orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), ION Satellite Carrier (ION), aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission. The OTV was launched from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 00:12 PDT (07:12 UTC).…
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GomSpace Secures 2 Million Euro ESA contract to Support Apophis RAMSES Mission
GomSpace has secured a contract valued at 1.5 MEUR (16.6 MSEK), with an additional 500 KEUR (5.5 MSEK) in optional activities, as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) RAMSES mission to visit the Apophis asteroid in 2029. Under the contract, GomSpace will act as a subcontractor to EMXYS (Spain), supporting the development of a…
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ULA’s last six Atlas Vs can’t launch anything besides Boeing’s Starliner
The final flight of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket is still several years off, but an important era for the once-dominant launch company came to a close last week. The final flight of an Atlas V for the Amazon Leo broadband constellation lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:30…
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Max Space Secures NASA Funding to Advance Expandable Lunar Habitat Technology
Max Space, a U.S-headquartered space infrastructure company developing next-generation expandable habitats, announced it has been selected for NASA funding through the agency’s Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO) program. The work will accelerate testing of Max Space’s expandable habitat technology for future human lunar surface applications. The award comes as NASA and the United States shift…
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Raytheon Develops Large-Aperture Telescope for Lazuli Space Observatory
Raytheon, an RTX business, is developing a large-aperture telescope for the Lazuli Space Observatory, part of The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System at Schmidt Sciences. Building on its work in adaptive telescope architectures, ultra-lightweight materials and digital engineering, Raytheon will deliver the largest unobscured aperture ever launched on a commercial platform. The telescope’s 3.1meter…
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NASA and SBA Announce New Initiative to Scale American Space Economy
NASA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the SBIC-NASA Initiative on Monday to increase investment in American manufacturers of industrial components and providers of technologies critical to space exploration to support a sustained presence on the Moon and Mars. Under the Memorandum of Agreement, NASA will identify technology priorities and connect businesses to…
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China’s Long March-8A rocket launches new satellite group
China sent a new satellite group into space on Sunday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The satellite group was launched at 9:43 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its preset orbit successfully. Sunday’s launch marked the 656th flight of the Long March rocket family.
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China launches new satellite group for commercial constellation aboard Long March-6 modified rocket
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a new satellite group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on July 4, 2026. (Photo by Li Tiantian/Xinhua) TAIYUAN, July 4 (Xinhua) — China sent a new satellite group into space on Saturday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north…
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Vast’s Haven-1 Clears Integration Milestones on Path to Q1 2027 Launch
Haven-1 is what Vast describes as a minimum viable product, demonstrating the technology needed for the company’s planned multi-modular Haven-2 station. Vast and companies including Axiom Space and Blue Origin are competing for NASA funding under the Commercial low-Earth orbit Destinations program, which will fund one or more stations as a successor to the ISS.…