Tag: Launch
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NASA Selects Impulse Space to Provide Launch Services for Missions Through VADR Contract
Impulse Space, a company in the development of in-space transportation services, has recently been selected by NASA as one of three new launch service providers for future missions via the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has an ordering period through Feb. 3, 2027, and a maximum…
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NanoAvionics’ Spacecraft Bus Enables Successful Solar Sail Deployment in NASA’s ACS3 Mission
The solar sail aboard NASA‘s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, using a spacecraft bus built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), has successfully deployed. The deployment, a primary objective of the ACS3 mission, was confirmed by telemetry and images captured by the satellite’s onboard cameras. Solar Sail Onboard Camera Image The ACS3 mission, led and…
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Rocket Lab Completes 53rd Electron Launch Mission to Deploy Five New Satellites for Kinéis
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 53rd Electron mission and deployed five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French Internet-of-Things (IoT) company Kinéis. The ‘Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star’ lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 11:01 a.m. on 21…
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Eutelsat and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sign Multi-Launch Agreement for H3 Vehicle Starting in 2027
Eutelsat Group, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., announce the signature of an agreement for multiple launches. Under the terms of the agreement, MHI will provide multiple launches by an H3 launch vehicle from 2027. This is the first agreement between Eutelsat and MHI, and the announcement cements the growing partnership between both companies. Eutelsat has…
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Sidus Space Signs Agreement with Neuraspace to Enhance LizzieSat Constellation Operations
Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision Space Infrastructure solutions and Data-as-a-Service products, announced at the World Space Business Week (WSBW) conference in Paris, the signing of an agreement with Neuraspace. Under the agreement, Neuraspace will provide Space Traffic Management and LEOP (Launch and Early Operations) support services to Sidus Space, thereby enhancing the Company’s…
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NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson and Roscosmos Crew Set for Soyuz Return to Earth on Sept. 23
NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will depart from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, and return to Earth. Dyson, Chub, and Kononenko will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module at 4:37 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at…
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BlackSky Awarded Space Domain Awareness Contract with HEO for Non-Earth Imaging Missions
BlackSky Technology was awarded a seven-figure data services contract from HEO to bring automated low-latency capabilities to non-Earth imaging (NEI) services for defense, intelligence and commercial use. Under the agreement, the companies will partner to bring BlackSky’s current constellation into HEO’s NEI sensor network. The contract is now moving into its second phase with a…
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L3Harris Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Captures First GOES-19 Image
L3Harris Technologies Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) onboard NOAA’s newest weather satellite captured its first image since launching into space in late June, representing a significant milestone prior to reaching full operational status. The new, full disk GeoColor image was captured Aug. 30, 2024. The ABI is the primary instrument for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-19…
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NASA selects Intuitive Machines for lunar communications and Near Space Network Services
NASA has awarded a contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC of Houston, to support the agency’s lunar relay systems as part of the Near Space Network, operated by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This Subcategory 2.2 GEO to Cislunar Relay Services is a new firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order contract. The…
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Ursa Major and U.S. Navy Collaborate on $25M Investment for New Solid Rocket Motor Prototype
Ursa Major, the United States’ privately funded rocket propulsion company, will receive funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) as one of the inaugural recipients of investments from the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) to strengthen critical supply chain technologies needed for national security. The $12.5 million investment represents a partnership between OSC and the…