Tag: Launch
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GHGSat Awards Contract to SFL to Develop Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Microsatellites
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has been contracted by GHGSat of Montreal to develop two additional greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites – GHGSat-C12 and C13. SFL will develop the new satellites on its low-cost, high-performance 15-kg NEMO bus, the same one used to build the first nine GHGSat spacecraft. SFL announced the contract win at the 2024…
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Magdrive Signs Contract with D-Orbit to Test Their Electrical Propulsion System
Magdrive, a space startup focusing on innovative electrical propulsion systems, and D-Orbit, market leader in the space logistics industry, has announced a collaboration for Magdrive’s first in-orbit demonstration mission of the Magdrive Rogue propulsion thruster, slated for a June 2025 launch, on the first day of the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah. “We are…
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TRAX International Secures NASA Contract for Logistics & Management Services
TRAX International Corporation, a leading provider of logistics, test and evaluation, engineering, and IT services to U.S. federal government agencies, announced it was awarded a five-year, $265 million prime contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to provide logistics services and management for NASA missions. Under this contract,…
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SEOPS & Intuitive Machines Join Forces to Provide New Lunar Rideshare Services
SEOPS, one of the leading provider of responsive space mission services and Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, announced that they have entered into a launch services agreement. Under the agreement, Intuitive Machines will provide rideshare delivery services to SEOPS as it expands its offering beyond LEO to now…
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Sierra Space Begins Final Testing for Dream Chaser at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Sierra Space, a commercial space-tech company that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced that final testing and launch preparations for its Dream Chaser spaceplane and Shooting Star cargo module have commenced at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the company’s inaugural mission to resupply the International Space…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Latest Launch for Synspective
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, has successfully launched its 51st Electron rocket and deployed a single satellite to low Earth orbit for Synspective, a Japanese Earth-imaging company. The mission, named “Owl For One, One For Owl” in a nod to Synspective’s StriX satellites named after the genus for…
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Axiom Space Signs Agreement with ISRO to Send an Indian Astronaut to ISS
Axiom Space signed a historic spaceflight agreement (SFA) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) of the Republic of India, announcing the intent to fly an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4). The signing of this SFA represents a pivotal moment for both the United States and India, exemplifying a…
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Northrop Grumman’s NG-21 Resupply Mission Successfully Launches to the ISS
NASA‘s Northrop Grumman 21st commercial resupply mission’s successful launch is now followed by new scientific experiments and cargo for the agency. These developments are bound for the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, carrying more than 8,200 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off at 11:02 a.m. EDT Sunday on a SpaceX…
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Science and supplies fly on Falcon 9, Cygnus NG-21
For the second time in 2024, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft delivered a bounty of science experiments and cargo to the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The CRS NG-21 mission dodged the weather that scrubbed it on Saturday, with a Sunday lift off on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at…
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NASA Announces SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for its Space Station Mission
As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov will join astronauts at the orbiting…