Tag: Launch
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ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellites
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 per cent mission success. The Protoflight launch is the first mission…
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Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes Fifth Human Spaceflight Mission
Virgin Galactic, an aerospace and space travel company, pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers with its advanced air and space vehicles has announced the completion of its fifth successful human space mission in five months, ‘Galactic 04.’ Onboard ’Galactic 04’: Astronaut 017 Ron Rosano from the United States of America Astronaut 018 Trevor…
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Spire Global Selected for IDIQ Contract by NASA to Provide Earth Observation Data
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has been selected for a Multiple-Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by NASA to provide Earth observation data for the agency’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The contract will be effective for five years with the opportunity to compete for task…
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Axiom Space Collaborates with Prada to Design NASA’s Next-Gen Lunar Spacesuits
In the first groundbreaking partnership between an Italian luxury fashion house and a commercial space company, Axiom Space, industry leader and architect of the world’s first commercial space station, announced a collaboration with Prada on NASA’s lunar spacesuits for the Artemis III mission. As the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972,…
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Stoke Space Announces $100 Million in New Series B Investment
Stoke Space, the rocket company building the world’s most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket, announced $100 million in new Series B investment to drive continued growth and innovation. This investment more than doubles the company’s total funding, which now sits at $175 million. The company also announced the official name of its first rocket:…
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Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman Collaborate for Starlab Space Station Project
Voyager Space announced their plan to enter a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft and provide cargo resupply services for the Starlab space station, which will be built and operated under a transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space. …
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Firefly Successfully Completes Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Structure Ahead of NASA Moon Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it completed the development and assembly of its Blue Ghost lander structure and fluid systems, a critical milestone for Firefly’s first lunar mission slated to land on the Moon in 2024 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. This mission is one of three…
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Rocket Lab Inaugurates New Engine Development Center in Long Beach California
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, officially opened the Company’s new Engine Development Center in Long Beach, California. The 144,000+ square foot advanced manufacturing complex will support the high-rate production of Rocket Lab’s 3D printed Rutherford engine, as well as the development and production of the new…
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Outpost Awarded Phase 2 SBIR Contract from NASA to Advance its Cargo Return System
Outpost Technologies Corporation, a sustainable space company that is spearheading a new wave of development in Earth Return and Reusable Satellites, announced that it has been awarded a Phase 2 Ignite Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from NASA to continue development of the company’s “Cargo Ferry” in order to deliver cargo back to Earth…
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NASA Selects Umbra as a Commercial SAR Data Provider for their CSDA Program
Umbra, one of the leaders in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. The CSDA Program will acquire Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data under a five-year, multiple-award, Indefinite deliveryone Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)…