Tag: Launch
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Ursa Major to Provide Chemical Propulsion for Tactical Satellite Bus Systems
Ursa Major has been awarded a contract for delivery of fully integrated GEO propulsion systems for a customer focused on critical space missions. The multi-year award totaling $10 to $15 million supports the development, manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing of a full propulsion system capable of six degree-of-freedom maneuverability. Building upon successful flights for hypersonic…
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BlackSky Delivers 1st AI-Enabled Analytics Derived from Gen-3 Imagery
BlackSky Technology, a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world, has delivered its first AI-enabled analytics derived from new, very high-resolution imagery captured by the company’s first Gen-3 satellite three weeks after its successful…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 61st Electron Mission
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its second mission for a Japanese customer, the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). ‘The Lightning God Reigns’ mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 1:00 p.m. NZDT (00:00 UTC) on March 15, 2025,…
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Sidus Space Launched AI-Powered LizzieSat-3 on SpaceX Transporter-13 Mission
Liftoff of the Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, LizzieSat-3 is targeted for a launch window that opens, on March 14, 2025, at 11:39 PM PDT. The satellite will launch as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat-3 is…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches to ISS for Science Expedition
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission of four crew members were launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace…
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ICEYE Expands SAR Satellite Fleet with Gen4 for Advanced Earth & Defense Imaging
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imaging for high-fidelity Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, has successfully launched four new 25 cm resolution satellites, strengthening the company’s SAR satellite constellation, the largest in the world. Among the satellites was ICEYE’s Generation 4 satellite (Gen4), marking another leap in the…
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Airbus Awards Rocket Lab Contract to Power OneWeb Constellation for Eutelsat
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced its selection by Airbus Constellation Satellites to provide high-efficiency, space-grade solar panels for 100 OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for Eutelsat Group. OneWeb satellites are designed to provide high-speed, low-latency global Internet access to remote and underserved areas. Rocket Lab will provide…
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Dawn Aerospace to Provide Reditus Space with Propulsion for On-Orbit Manufacturing Satellite
Dawn Aerospace, a global leader in green in-space propulsion, has announced a new partnership with Reditus Space Inc, marking it Dawn’s first venture supporting on orbit manufacturing applications in space. Reditus Space is a company focused on developing reusable satellites for zero-gravity manufacturing, particularly in materials, pharmaceutical and biologics, leverage the unique manufacturing opportunities that…
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Rocket Report: ULA confirms cause of booster anomaly; Crew-10 launch on tap
Welcome to Edition 7.35 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX’s steamroller is still rolling, but for the first time in many years, it doesn’t seem like it’s rolling downhill. After a three-year run of perfect performance—with no launch failures or any other serious malfunctions—SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has suffered a handful of issues in recent months.…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 to Advance Biomedical and Materials Research in Space
Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission. While on station, the crew will engage in a wide variety of research sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, including…