Tag: Launch
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Firefly Aerospace Raises $300 Million in Third Tranche of Series C Funding
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced the closing of another tranche of financing, valuing the company at $1.5 billion pre-money. The round is being led by existing investors including AE Industrial Partners, LP, as well as new investors including Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Firefly has raised approximately $300 million in funding since February…
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Ursa Major Introduces New Innovative Solution for Solid Rocket Motor Design and Manufacturing
Ursa Major is proud to introduce Lynx, a new approach to designing and manufacturing solid rocket motors (SRM). Lynx redefines a market plagued by a broken supply chain and an overextended industrial base. With Lynx, Ursa Major offers a revolutionary solution to America’s SRM shortage with a faster, more affordable process, leveraging 3D printing to…
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ESA’s Rapidly Developed Arctic Weather Satellite Enters Testing Phase
As its name suggests, the new Arctic Weather Satellite mission is expected to improve weather forecasts in the Arctic – a region that currently lacks data for accurate short-term forecasts. Today, satellites, both those in geostationary orbit and in polar orbit, provide a wealth of information that meteorologists use routinely to forecast the weather. However,…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission Achieves 100% Success Rate
Amazon started Project Kuiper with the goal of providing fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Within 30 days of sending two prototype satellites into space, Project Kuiper has achieved a 100% success rate for its Protoflight mission, validating key technologies that underpin the network and moving the program another step…
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Advanced Space’s CAPSTONE Mission Completes One Year of Operation at the Moon
Advanced Space, a space tech solutions company, announced that their Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission has successfully operated on-orbit around the Moon for a full year. This milestone puts the company in an elite category logging over 365 days of continuous operations in the cislunar environment. As the first…
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Rogue Space Systems Announces Hosted Payload Demonstration Program with RocketStar
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, one of the leaders in the development of in-space services, has announced a new hosted payload demonstration with RocketStar that has the potential to take space propulsion to the next level. This hosting is set to launch RocketStar’s innovative water-based propulsion system into orbit aboard the next-generation Rogue Orbot. “This will…
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Maxar Successfully Transfers Operations of JUPITER 3 Commercial Satellite to EchoStar
Maxar Space Systems announced that it had successfully handed over operations of the largest commercial communications satellite ever manufactured in their Palo Alto, California facility, the JUPITER 3 satellite, for EchoStar. The satellite includes 14 solar panels on board that when fully deployed could span a 10-story building. Maxar Space Systems manufactured the spacecraft, which…
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Quantum Space Prepares for the Launch of Sentry Mission on SpaceX Transporter 10
Focused on building critical deep space infrastructure, Quantum Space unveiled its Sentry mission, the first in a series of milestone demonstrations to prove end-to-end communications and data generation capabilities. The company is creating a modern, high-speed connectivity network, dubbed QuantumNet, which will deliver always-on, fast connectivity everywhere in deep space, from GEO and cislunar space…
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Dawn Aerospace Announces the Formation of New Subsidiary Expanding Operations to France
Dawn Aerospace, a space transportation company with offices in the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the USA, announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Dawn Aerospace France SAS, based in Toulouse. This marks another milestone in the company’s expansion, creating a permanent presence in one of the world’s most renowned aerospace hubs. “We are excited to…
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Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review for SDA’s Missile Tracking Satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) on a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation of 16 missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency, clearing the way to begin production work on the space vehicles. The CDR maintained an accelerated pace and was completed within 13 months of the award announcement. The satellites…