Tag: Launch
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iLAuNCH Trailblazer Project Aims to Reduce Satellite Mass with Carbon Composite Technology
Cost can be a huge barrier for Australian companies to reach low Earth orbit (LEO), with payloads billed per kilogram of weight by launch providers. At the same time, structures need to be robust to survive launch and operations in the extreme and harsh temperature environments of space. The next iLAuNCH Trailblazer project aims to…
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Intuitive Machines Opens Lunar Production and Operations Center at Houston Spaceport
Intuitive Machines, one of the leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services companies, has opened its Lunar Production and Operations Center. Located at the Houston Spaceport in Houston, Texas, the Intuitive Machines Lunar Production and Operations Center represents a new lunar access capability for the United States, NASA, and global commercial partners. Construction on the site…
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Astroscale Selected by Government of Japan for On-orbit Inspection Demonstration Mission
Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, announced it has been selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (“MEXT”) for its Small and Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an on-orbit inspection demonstration mission that will image and diagnose a large, defunct satellite in space. The MEXT-funded project is…
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NASA Selects SpaceX to Provide Launch Services for Space Weather Satellites
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission, a pair of small satellites that will study space weather and how the Sun’s energy affects Earth’s magnetic environment or magnetosphere TRACERS will be an important…
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Mynaric Achieves Major Product Milestone of CONDOR Mk3 Completing SDA’s Test Campaign
Mynaric, a provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced an important product milestone of its CONDOR Mk3 optical communications terminals. After an intensive test campaign, CONDOR Mk3 passed optical verification and phase 1 of interoperability tests in the context of the Tranche 1 program of the Space Development Agency (SDA) confirming the…
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Maritime Launch Announces Commercial Suborbital Program at Spaceport Nova Scotia
Maritime Launch Services has unveiled its suborbital launch program currently scheduled to begin during the second quarter of 2024. Maritime Launch’s suborbital program called Dedicated Altitude Research and Testing (DART) is a program designed to offer flight opportunities to researchers across a wide range of mission capabilities, ranging from building and testing new concepts, high-speed…
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ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Spacecraft Commences its Journey Towards the Sun-Earth L1 Point
ISRO’s Aditya-L1 mission, launched on September 2, 2023, is India’s first mission dedicated to studying the Sun, specifically the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona of the Sun. The spacecraft commenced its journey to its final destination, the Sun-Earth Lagrange’s Point 1 (L1), on September 18, 2023. Lagrange points, also known as libration points, are unique locations…
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ANSER Mission’s Formation Flying CubeSats to Launch on Europe’s Next Vega Launcher
ANSER (Advanced Nanosatellite Systems for Earth-observation Research) is a cluster of three CubeSats that will work together in close vicinity as if they are a single satellite. Due to be launched on Europe’s next Vega flight, VV23, the ANSER mission is being undertaken by the INTA (Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology). Santiago Rodriguez Bustabad, overseeing…
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Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio and Crewmates Safely Return from Space Mission
After spending an American record-breaking 371 days in space, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio safely landed on Earth with his crewmates Wednesday. Rubio departed the International Space Station, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Rubio launched on his…
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Artel Partners with Rivada for U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Satcom p-LEO Contract
Artel LLC a provider of secure network communication services to U.S. government agencies, has been awarded a Commercial Satellite Communications Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (p-LEO) contract from the U.S. Space Force and is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide the next-generation network critical to support U.S. Government communications. Based in the U.S., Artel is…