Tag: Launch
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 24th New Shepard Mission to Space
Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th New Shepard flight and 13th payload mission from Launch Site One in West Texas. The flight carried 33 payloads from NASA, academia, research institutions, and commercial companies, bringing the number of payloads flown on New Shepard to more than 150. Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s nonprofit, flew 38,000…
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Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on “Fly the Lightning” mission
Just on the heels of its success in integrating and launching a payload to orbit within 27 hours for the Space Force, Firefly Aerospace flew again — this time with a dedicated flight for Lockheed Martin. The Alpha FLTA004 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base…
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Firefly Aerospace Prepares to Launch Alpha FLTA004 Mission for Lockheed Martin
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced its Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission is prepared to launch no earlier than December 20 with backup dates through December 22, depending on local weather. The daily 20-minute launch window will open at 9:18 am PST. The Fly the Lightning mission will deploy an Electronically Steered…
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NASA’s BurstCube Achieves Significant Milestones on Journey to Launch
Scientists and engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed testing for BurstCube, a shoebox-sized spacecraft designed to study the universe’s most powerful explosions. Members of the team have also delivered the satellite to their partner Nanoracks (part of Voyager Space) in Houston, Texas, where it will be packed for launch.…
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HawkEye 360 Enhances Spectrum Scanning with Acquisition of RF Solutions from Maxar
HawkEye 360, the world’s leading defense technology company for space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced the acquisition of RF Solutions from Maxar Intelligence, a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. RF Solutions was formed from the Aurora Insight acquisition that Maxar Intelligence completed in January 2023. “The on-orbit assets and expertise of the…
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SaxaVord Awarded Spaceport License by Civil Aviation Authority
A significant historic milestone has been achieved by SaxaVord Spaceport with the award of a license by the Civil Aviation Authority. It becomes the first licensed vertical launch spaceport in the UK and Western Europe following extensive assessment by the space regulator to check that appropriate safety, security, and environmental criteria are met, and that…
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Viasat and Safran Data Systems Collaborate to Transform Launch Vehicle Telemetry with InRange
Viasat, one of the global leaders in satellite communications, is working with Safran Data Systems to jointly bring InRange to market so launch providers and spaceports can relay launch vehicles’ telemetry in flight throughout their trajectory – and without having to rely on ground networks. InRange uses Viasat’s global L-band satellite fleet – which Viasat…
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Rocket Lab Sets New Annual Launch Record with Successful Launch of SAR Satellite for iQPS
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, successfully launched its 42nd Electron rocket and deployed a satellite for Japan-based Earth imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). The mission was Rocket Lab’s 10th Electron launch for the year, surpassing the Company’s previous annual record of nine launches…
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Blue Origin’s 24th New Shepard Mission to Carry 33 Science Payloads to Space
New Shepard will fly its 24th mission on Monday, December 18. The manifest includes 33 payloads and 38,000 Club for the Future postcards from students around the world. The NS-24 launch window opens at 8:30 AM CST/14:30 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas. This mission will bring the number of payloads flown to…
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane Enters Final Test Campaign
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit of life on Earth, has successfully delivered the first Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Dream Chaser, the world’s only commercial spaceplane, has entered the final testing…