Tag: Launch
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Relativity Space and Intelsat Sign Multi-Launch Deal for Terran R
Relativity Space, the preeminent 3D printed rocket company, announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with Intelsat, operator of the largest integrated space and terrestrial network in the world. Under the agreement, Relativity will launch Intelsat satellites on Terran R as early as 2026. As a medium-to-heavy-lift, reusable launch vehicle…
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Planet’s Pelican High-Resolution Technology Demonstration Satellite Ready for Launch
Planet Labs PBC, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that its Pelican tech demonstration satellite, Pelican-1, along with 36 SuperDoves, has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for launch next month. Pelican-1, designed and manufactured by Planet, is the first tech demonstration of Planet’s next-generation, high-resolution fleet, which is…
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Kymeta Launches Multi-Orbit, On-the-Move Flat-Panel Antenna for Military Applications
One of the world’s leading flat-panel satellite antenna companies, Kymeta announced at the AUSA 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition the launch of the Osprey u8 HGL, a hybrid geostationary/low Earth orbit (GEO/LEO) terminal purpose-built for military users. Leveraging Eutelsat Group’s (formally known as OneWeb) LEO satellite network, the Osprey u8 HGL is a complete, customizable…
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SWISSto12 Selects Keysight’s Payload Testing Solution for First HummingSat Mission
Keysight Technologies announced that SWISSto12, one of Europe’s fastest-growing satellite and radio frequency (RF) payload manufacturers, has selected the Keysight Payload Test System (PTS) to validate the RF payloads of its first HummingSat geostationary satellite, Intelsat 45. The HummingSat is a small, innovative telecommunications satellite developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency through a…
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Evolution Space Opens Production Facility at NASA Stennis Space Center
Evolution Space, a Mojave, Calif.-based solid propulsion and launch provider, announced with NASA Stennis that it has signed an agreement and begun construction on the first-ever solid propulsion center and solid rocket motor testing at the historic NASA Stennis Space Center. The company also announced the close of its bridge funding round on the heels…
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ESA Seeks Visionary Ideas to Develop the Lunar Economy
Hundreds of missions to the Moon are due to be launched in the coming years. To create a sustainable lunar link, ESA has initiated its Moonlight program to support space companies in Europe to create a constellation of lunar satellites. The satellites will offer communication and navigation services that could empower entrepreneurs to create innovative…
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Arianespace’s Vega Flight VV23 Successfully Launched from Europe’s Spaceport
Arianespace’s Vega mission successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on October 8, 2023, at 22:36 p.m. local time (01:36 a.m. UTC), carrying the optical observation satellite THEOS-2, the weather satellite FORMOSAT-7R TRITON, and ten auxiliary passengers. After liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport, the Vega launcher flew powered by the first three stages…
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ISRO Set to Begin Unmanned Flight Tests as Part of the Gaganyaan Mission
ISRO’s Gaganyaan project aims to showcase India’s human spaceflight capabilities by sending a crew of 3 members to an orbit of 400 km for a 3-day mission and bring them back safely to earth. The Crew Module (CM) is where the astronauts are contained in a pressurized earth-like atmospheric condition during the Gaganyaan mission. The…
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Axiom Space and ESA Forge Partnership for Future Space Exploration Endeavors
Axiom Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed Oct. 1 in Paris to explore collaborative opportunities in human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization. Michael Suffredini, CEO of Axiom Space, commented, saying, “This MOU signifies a new era in international space collaboration. Together with ESA, we aim…
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PLD Space Makes History Completing the Launch of First Private European Rocket
The Spanish company PLD Space has made history after successfully completing the launch of the first private European rocket, MIURA 1. The maiden flight of its suborbital launcher showcases the advanced level of technology and know-how that has been developed by the company since 2011. This milestone achievement furthermore reinforces PLD Space’s leading position in…