Tag: Launch
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Blue Origin Secures NSSL Phase 3 Contract to Launch Critical US National Security Missions
Blue Origin won a contract today to serve as a National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 heavy-lift provider for the nation’s most critical missions. We’re proud to support the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office in this effort. The award marks an important step to expand the choice of launch…
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Neuraspace Expands Office in Luxembourg and Partners with Luxembourg Space Agency
Neuraspace, expanding its European operations, is opening a new office in Luxembourg, bringing together commercial operations, engineering teams, and production. The aim is to facilitate further partnerships and collaborations with local space industry players, the Luxembourg Space Agency and Luxembourg’s national innovation agency “Luxinnovation”. In addition to some operational and commercial roles, Neuraspace plans to hire…
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SpinLaunch Unveils Meridian Space Constellation with $12M Boost from Kongsberg
SpinLaunch, a pioneer of disruptive space solutions, announced a $12M strategic investment from Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace, unveiling Meridian Space, an ultra-high-performance, low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband constellation. The constellation can uniquely provide global coverage with only one traditional rocket launch, deploying 250 next-generation microsatellites that leverage a proprietary suite of groundbreaking technologies. “SpinLaunch was founded on…
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United Launch Alliance Secures Competitive Space Force Contract Award for Critical NSSL
The U.S. Space Force announced that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements (IDR) contact to launch 40 percent of the missions to the country’s most challenging and exotic orbits on its newest launch procurement contract. This contract resulted from a competitive award under the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch…
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The US Space Force announced Friday it selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for $13.7 billion in contracts to deliver the Pentagon’s most critical military satellites to orbit into the early 2030s. These missions will launch the government’s heaviest national security satellites, like the National Reconnaissance Office’s large, bus-sized spy platforms, and deploy…
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The US Space Force announced Friday it selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for $13.7 billion in contracts to deliver the Pentagon’s most critical military satellites to orbit into the early 2030s. These missions will launch the government’s heaviest national security satellites, like the National Reconnaissance Office’s large, bus-sized spy platforms, and deploy…
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Rocket Lab Unveils Expanded Frontier RF Radios for Secure Space Communications
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, introduced its expanded suite of space-grade radio frequency (RF) communications systems, the Frontier radios. The Frontier radio is flight-proven, software-defined, and designed for reliable telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C). Adapted from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Frontier Lite radio, Rocket Lab’s…
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Stoke Space Selected for U S Space Force’s $5.6B NSSL Phase 3 Program
The United States Space Force has selected Stoke Space to participate in its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program, designed to expand its capacity to deliver critical space launch capabilities. The award enables Stoke to compete for a total of $5.6B in national security launch contracts using its 100% reusable Nova…
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SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s enormous booster. The most visible sign of SpaceX making headway with Starship’s first stage—called Super Heavy—came at 9:40 am local time (10:40 am EDT; 14:40 UTC) Thursday at the company’s Starbase launch site in South…
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SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s enormous booster. The most visible sign of SpaceX making headway with Starship’s first stage—called Super Heavy—came at 9:40 am local time (10:40 am EDT; 14:40 UTC) Thursday at the company’s Starbase launch site in South…