Tag: Launch
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Reflex Aerospace: Redefining Satellite Manufacturing Introduction to the Company
Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Berlin and Munich, Germany, Reflex Aerospace is a trailblazer in the NewSpace industry. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing custom-built satellites for low Earth orbit (LEO) applications. Reflex Aerospace’s mission is to deliver high-performance, payload-centric satellite platforms with unmatched speed and precision. The company has established partnerships with…
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Sidus Space Sets Little Place Labs Maritime Intelligence with LizzieSat-Enabled Vessel Detection
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the unveiling of near real-time vessel detection and classification capability to be enabled by its hybrid 3D printed LizzieSat satellite platform. Processing data directly onboard LizzieSat through Sidus Orlaith AI Ecosystem, which includes FeatherEdge edge computing hardware, and the OrbitfyEdge software from Little Place Labs ,…
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AAC Clyde Space technology Joins ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite for EPS-Sterna constellation
AAC Clyde Space’s technology onboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Arctic Weather Satellite has received strong praise for its performance, marking an important milestone towards the future EPS-Sterna constellation. The satellite, launched in 2024, carries a cutting-edge microwave radiometer developed by AAC Clyde Space’s subsidiary AAC Omnisys in Gothenburg, as well as the spacecraft’s “brain”…
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NanoAvionics Secures €122.5M Contract to Build 280 Satellites for Meridian Space
Meridian Space, SpinLaunch’s next-generation satellite communication solution, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its exclusive satellite supplier for the initial tranche of its low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation under a contract valued at 122.5M EUR. The partnership between SpinLaunch and NanoAvionics includes two prototypes, one of which is an in-orbit demonstrator (IOD) mission planned for…
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Space Forge’s ForgeStar-1 Commences Orbiting Journey for In-space Manufacturing Mission
Cardiff-based Space Forge, headquartered in Florida and the U.S. subsidiary of the UK-based leader in in-space manufacturing, has shipped ForgeStar-1 – made in Wales and the UK’s first In-Space Advanced Manufacturing (ISAM) mission – to the U.S. ahead of launch later this year, in a landmark moment for the UK space sector and advanced materials…
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PLD Space and D-Orbit Signs Launch Deal for Upcoming Equatorial Missions
PLD Space, an international space services company with vertical integrated engineering and manufacturing, has signed an agreement with D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, to deploy satellites aboard MIURA 5 to equatorial orbit. With this, PLD Space has now fulfilled more than 80% of the slots in its manifest until 2027.…
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There’s a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch
Pushed by trackmobile railcar movers, the Atlas V rocket rolled to the launch pad last week with a full load of 27 satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper Internet megaconstellation. Credit: United Launch Alliance Last week, the first operational satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband network were minutes from launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.…
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NASA to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this mission will mark a first for quantum sensing and will pave the way for groundbreaking observations of everything from petroleum reserves to…
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Dawn Aerospace Partners with Top US Universities for Suborbital Research Flights
Dawn Aerospace, a global leader in sustainable space transportation, is proud to announce plans to fly research payloads from three leading US institutions-Arizona State University, California Polytechnic State University, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab on its rocket-powered aircraft, the Mk-II Aurora. The flights, scheduled for April and June 2025, will showcase the Mk-II Aurora’s…
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NRO and Space Force Collaborates for the Rocket Systems Launch Program for NROL-174 Mission
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in partnership with US Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Small Launch and Targets Division, Space Launch Delta 30, and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple national security payloads with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base…