Tag: Launch
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Karman Space Programme Set to Launch UK’s Most Powerful Reusable Rocket
A team of university students in London is preparing to launch the most powerful reusable rocket built by a UK team. On Sunday, September 24th, the student-led Karman Space Programme (KSP) will attempt a two-stage rocket launch to test systems for reuse and recovery of the vehicle, a crucial step towards low-cost, sustainable access to…
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NASA Conducts Hot Fire Test of Third Subscale Booster for Future Artemis Missions
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conducted a hot fire of a 24-inch subscale solid rocket motor on Sept. 14. The test, conducted in Marshall’s East Test Area, produced more than 82,000 pounds of thrust and was part of an ongoing series of developmental tests for an upgraded booster design for…
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AST SpaceMobile Achieves First-Ever Space-Based 5G Connection From Everyday Smartphones
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, announced another unprecedented leap in telecommunications by successfully making the first-ever 5G connection for voice and data between an everyday, unmodified smartphone and a satellite in space. AST SpaceMobile’s groundbreaking space-based 5G cellular broadband capabilities and…
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Momentus to Provide Transportation and Delivery Services for Aarhus University Payload
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with Aarhus University for transportation and orbital delivery services in late 2024. Aarhus University will be flying its DISCO-II payload designed to provide climate monitoring. The university’s DISCO-I payload was placed into Low-Earth Orbit during…
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Satellites Equipped with Terran Orbital Buses Launched as part of SDA’s Tranche 0 Mission
Terran Orbital Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced that 10 satellites incorporating Terran Orbital buses have been deployed in low Earth orbit following a Sept. 2, 2023 launch, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 10 satellites are part of the Tranche 0…
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Millennium Space Systems Achieves Mission Readiness of VICTUS NOX Spacecraft in 37 Hours
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, completed checkout and achieved operational readiness of the VICTUS NOX space vehicle just 37 hours after launch – 11 hours ahead of the 48-hour goal. This phase of a space mission typically takes weeks or months to complete. Full-mission operability comes only days after the 60-hour activation and 24-hour…
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Stoke Space Successfully Demonstrates Vertical Takeoff and Landing of Their Reusable Rocket
Stoke Space has successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second-stage rocket at their test site in Moses Lake, Washington. During this test, known as Hopper2, they were able to successfully launch the Hopper test vehicle to an altitude of 30 feet and land at its planned…
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Sidus Space to Launch Two LizzieSats on Upcoming SpaceX Bandwagon Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company has confirmed its plan to reallocate two LizzieSats to launch on an upcoming Bandwagon mission with SpaceX. The updated LizzieSat constellation configuration will advance cutting-edge Low Earth Orbit data collection and provide enhanced orbital flexibility for government and commercial customers. While initially planning to launch its first…
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Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX Space Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced the company successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24-hour notice to complete final payload operations and mission preparations. Led by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Safari Program Office and in close partnership with the Rocket Systems…
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Astrobotic Initiates NASA Contracts to Study Interaction of Rocket Plumes with Lunar Terrain
Astrobotic has begun work on two NASA Small Business Innovation Research contracts that will further research on lunar plume-surface interactions (PSI), a key area of risk and uncertainty for lunar landing. This testing will generate valuable new data about how lunar dust stirred up by a lander’s rocket plumes will affect landing systems, onboard payloads,…