Tag: Launch
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Umbra Enhances SAR Capabilities with Pair of Satellites on the SpaceX’s Transporter-11
Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company operating the world’s highest resolution commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, announced that it has successfully launched a new pair of SAR satellites, Umbra-09 and Umbra-10, aboard the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX on August 16, 2024. Umbra launched its first mission that included two-satellite tandem operations, Umbra-07…
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Sierra Space Integrates AI into U.S. Space Systems Command’s TAP Lab for Space Domain Awareness
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth has been selected to participate in the U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab Apollo Accelerator Cohort 4. Sierra Space will be working on AI and…
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Rocket Lab Delivers Twin Satellites to Launch Site for NASA’s Mars Mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global company in launch services and space systems, has successfully packed and shipped two Mars-bound spacecraft to Cape Canaveral, FL in preparation for launch. These twin spacecraft for the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) heliophysics mission were designed, built, integrated, and tested by Rocket Lab for the…
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Rocket Lab entered “hero mode” to finish Mars probes—now it’s up to Blue Origin
Two NASA spacecraft built by Rocket Lab are on the road from California to Florida this weekend to begin preparations for launch on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket. These two science probes must launch between late September and mid-October to take advantage of a planetary alignment between Earth and Mars that only happens once…
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HawkEye 360’s Cluster 10 Satellites Successfully Deploy to Orbit
HawkEye 360 Inc., a leading company in space-based radio frequency (RF) data analytics, is pleased to announce that its Cluster 10 satellites have successfully deployed to orbit after launching aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Rideshare mission via launch integrator Exolaunch. HawkEye 360’s operations team has established communication with the satellites. This trio of satellites will increase the…
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A frontrunner in Europe’s private launch industry just lost its first rocket
The first stage of Rocket Factory Augsburg’s first orbital launcher was destroyed in a fireball during a test-firing Monday evening at a spaceport in Scotland, the company said. The German launch startup aimed to send its first rocket into space later this year and appeared to be running ahead of several competitors in Europe’s commercial…
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Terran Orbital Schedules the Launch of Pathfinder-R and Pathfinder-4 Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation, a global company in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced the scheduled launch of its Pathfinder-R (PTD-R) and Pathfinder-4 (PTD-4) spacecraft. These 6U Triumph class space vehicles are set to launch aboard the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on August 16.…
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ICEYE Launches Four New Satellites Expanding World’s Largest SAR Constellation
ICEYE, the global company in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, has successfully launched four new SAR satellites on August 16, 2024. The new satellites further expand the world’s largest SAR constellation, owned and operated by ICEYE. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and successfully lifted…
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Spire Global Successfully Launches Seven LEMUR Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-11 mission
Spire Global, Inc., one of the global providers of space-based data, analytics, and space services, successfully launched seven satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-11 mission, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on August 16, 2024. This marks Spire’s third launch of 2024 and the 41st in the company’s history, bringing the total number…
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BAE Systems Ships Primary Instrument for Roman Space Telescope Post Testing
BAE System, a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, has announced the successful shipment of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI) to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, signaling the completion of integration and testing of the state-of-the-art instrument. The WFI is the primary scientific instrument for…