Tag: Launch
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ICEYE Launches Catastrophe Monitoring Solutions for Global Banking Credit Risk
ICEYE, the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced the launch of its natural catastrophe monitoring solutions for the global banking sector. The offering is designed to help financial institutions better understand, manage, and mitigate the growing impact of climate-driven credit risk. As climate change accelerates, more frequent and severe natural catastrophe events are…
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Dhruva Space Secures 105 Crore Rupees RDIF for 500 kg-Class Project Garud Satellites
As India accelerates toward becoming a global Space power, the Government of India’s Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF) has extended INR 105 Crores to Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space for Project Garud, a next-generation flat-pack 500 kg-class communications satellite platform programme designed to enable constellation-scale sovereign and strategic satellite deployments for India and global markets, while…
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Exolaunch Signs Contract for Two Falcon 9 Missions with SpaceX for Smallsat Launches
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, integration and satellite deployment technologies, announced they have signed a contract with SpaceX for two Falcon 9 launches, marking a major expansion of the company’s launch capabilities and establishing a new class of launch access for global satellite operators. The two Falcon 9 missions, Exo-1 and Exo-2,…
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Starfighters Space Raises $17.5M to Advance STARLAUNCH Platform
Starfighters Space, the space company operating the world’s only commercial fleet of flight-ready MACH 2+ supersonic aircraft, announced a $17.5 million strategic equity investment led by global institutional investors. The Company intends to use the capital to support operational expansion, infrastructure development, and continued advancement of its STARLAUNCH platform, including initiatives tied to launch readiness,…
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NASA Announces Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalk at the ISS
NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT and last roughly five hours. International Space Station Expedition 74 commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev will install a solar radiation…
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NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Mission Plans
NASA is moving quickly to define next year’s Artemis III mission in Earth orbit, a crewed flight that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between the agency’s Orion spacecraft and commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX. Since a February announcement adding an Artemis mission ahead of crewed landing missions to the Moon’s South Pole…
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Rocket Lab Completes 9th Electron Launch for Synspective
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful deployment of the latest satellite for Synspective, marking the ninth dedicated mission Rocket Lab has completed for the Japan-based Earth observation constellation. This launch further strengthens one of the most consistent commercial launch partnerships in the small satellite sector and…
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VetsinTech Launches ViT Vets in Space Huntsville for Aerospace Veterans
VetsinTech, the leading national nonprofit dedicated to springboarding veterans into tech careers, announced the launch of ViT Vets in Space Huntsville, the latest expansion of its national Vets in Space initiative. Sponsored by Blue Origin and JPMorgan, the program creates new pathways for veterans and military spouses into careers and innovation across the aerospace, defense,…
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SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight
SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results. The powerful rocket, propelled by 33 methane-fueled main engines, climbed away from SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas at 5:30 pm CDT (6:30 pm EDT; 22:30 UTC) Friday. Within a few seconds, the 408-foot-tall…
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D-Orbit Expands Launch and Deployment Services with Orbital Transport
D-Orbit, an Italy-based space logistics and orbital transportation company, is developing a portfolio of launch and deployment solutions designed to support satellite launch integration, orbital transfer, constellation deployment and in-space transportation services. The company’s launch architecture combines deployment systems, orbital transfer vehicles and mission management technologies intended to simplify access to space for commercial, institutional…