Tag: Launch
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Maritime Launch and Reaction Dynamics Partners for Orbital Launches from Canada
Maritime Launch Services Ltd. (Maritime Launch) and Reaction Dynamics (RDX) are announcing the next steps in their continuing collaboration by signing an agreement for future orbital launches from Canada. This new partnership between the two Canadian space companies will begin with a Pathfinder launch designed to reach the edges of space. The low-impulse launch will…
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Redwire Prepares for Delivery of Satellites For Proba-3 Mission in the Fourth Quarter
Redwire Corporation, a company in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it is finalizing integration and preparing for delivery of two satellites for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission later the in fourth quarter of this year. Simultaneously, Redwire has started spacecraft integration for two other ESA satellite missions, the…
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ESA Launches RISE Mission to Pioneer In-Orbit Servicing and Sustainability in Space
ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor. RISE is a commercial in-orbit servicing mission that will demonstrate that it can safely rendezvous and dock to a geostationary client satellite.…
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Vast Reveals Haven-2 Space Station Designed for the International Space Station
During the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Vast, the US-based space habitation technology company, unveiled Haven-2, the proposed successor to the International Space Station (ISS) and the next step in the company’s vision to pioneer a path to long-term living and thriving in space. With the planned retirement of the International Space Station (ISS) by…
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NASA to Broadcast Live Europa Clipper Launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA is now targeting launch no earlier than 12:06 p.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 14, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Beyond Earth,…
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Arianespace to Launch European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation Sentinel-1C Satellite
Arianespace, a company with 40+ years of experience in satellite transportation, has scheduled to launch of its next mission, European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation Sentinel-1C Satellite, on Tuesday December 3rd, 2024, at 6:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m. UTC, 10:20 p.m. CEST), from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, with a Vega C launcher. The…
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UAE Space Agency Partners with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Emirati Mission Launch
The UAE Space Agency has formalized an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a renowned global industrial group and trusted provider of the H-IIA and H-IIB Launch Vehicles. This partnership will provide launch services for the UAE’s landmark endeavor, the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) by H3 launch vehicle in 2028. The UAE Space…
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SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality
BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas—SpaceX accomplished a groundbreaking engineering feat Sunday when it launched the fifth test flight of its gigantic Starship rocket and then caught the booster back at the launch pad in Texas with mechanical arms seven minutes later. This achievement is the first of its kind, and it’s crucial for SpaceX’s vision of…
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Redwire Supports Global Planetary Defense Efforts with NASA’s DART and ESA’s Hera Missions
With the launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission earlier this month and the success of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in September 2022, planetary defense is taking center stage. Planetary defense is crucial for protecting Earth from the potential threat of asteroid impacts. By developing strategies to detect, track, and…
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Starship is about to launch on its fifth flight, and this time there’s a catch
Early Sunday morning, SpaceX will try something no one has ever done before. If all goes according to plan, around seven minutes after lifting off from South Texas, the huge stainless steel booster from SpaceX’s Starship rocket will come back to the launch pad and slow to a hover, allowing powerful mechanical arms to capture…