Tag: Launch
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L3Harris’ Advanced Large Solid Rocket Motors Power US Missile Defense Test
L3Harris Technologies has debuted an advanced large solid rocket motor to power the company’s air-launched Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target vehicle. The new L3Harris solid rocket motor, named eSR-19, was part of a recent Missile Defense Agency (MDA) test that powered the target’s first and second stages. The test, designated as Flight Test Other-40…
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ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Secures U.S. Space Force Certification for National Security Missions
Following years of development and completing a comprehensive certification plan, including two successful certification missions, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket has been certified by the United States Space Force to fly National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions. “Thank you to all our customer partners who have worked hand-in-hand with us throughout this comprehensive…
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Rocket Lab Launches OroraTech’s Wildfire Detection Satellites in Record Time
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its latest mission within four months of contract signing for Germany-based global wildfire and detection company OroraTech. The ‘Finding Hot Wildfires Near You’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Pad B, in Mahia, New Zealand at 4:30…
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Gravitics Secures $60M Space Force STRATFI Contract to Advance Orbital Carriers
Gravitics, a leading innovator in space infrastructure, announced it has been selected for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) by SpaceWERX of the United States Space Force with potential funding of up to $60 million between government funds, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds, and private funds to demonstrate and fly the Orbital Carrier, a groundbreaking…
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SuperSharp Attains Two Critical Milestones Towards Launch In 2026
SuperSharp Space Systems, a University of Cambridge spinout, has received a £5 million award from the UK Space Agency. The funds will enable an in-orbit demonstration of SuperSharp’s unfolding thermal infrared (TIR) space telescope for climate change mitigation applications. In addition, the company has delivered the first prototype of its ultra-high resolution telescope, Hibiscus, which…
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Sierra Space Partners with Yuri to Advance Space Based Medical Research
Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, and Yuri, a Germany-based space biotech company, announced an agreement for one new ScienceTaxi BioSpin mission to continue biological and medical research advancements and drug discovery in microgravity. The culmination of the…
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Redwire Awarded NASA Contract to Expand Pharmaceutical Drug Development in Space
Redwire, a leader in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, has been awarded a NASA contract to launch four additional pharmaceutical drug investigations to the International Space Station using the company’s innovative Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX). The NASA-funded investigations aim to manufacture high-value seed crystals which could inform pharmaceutical manufacturing operations aboard the space…
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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems: Shaping the Future of Space Technology
Founded in 1948, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is an Israeli defense company headquartered in Haifa. The company specializes in developing cutting-edge technologies for air, land, sea, and space applications, focusing on enhancing global defense and aerospace capabilities. Rafael’s mission is rooted in innovation and delivering solutions that address complex challenges in the modern defense…
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NASA to Host Media Event About Artemis Moon Mission Recovery
NASA and the Department of Defense will host a media event on the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon. The in-person event will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 31, at Naval Base San…
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Firefly Aerospace & Honeybee Robotics Team Up for 2028 Gruithuisen Domes Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace and Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, announced Honeybee was contracted by Firefly to provide the lunar rover for the company’s recently awarded NASA task order to explore the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. Once deployed on the Moon by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, Honeybee’s rover will carry NASA…