Tag: Launch
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Zenno Integrates Worlds First Superconducting Magnetic Torquer in D-Orbit’s Satellite Carrier
Zenno Astronautics, a space-flight systems company headquartered in New Zealand has completed the integration of its world-first superconducting magnetic torquer for fuel-free spacecraft attitude control, the Z01, inside D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier in preparation for its first in-orbit validation mission. The orbital transfer vehicle with Z01 integrated is slated for launch via SpaceX’s Falcon 9…
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NanoAvionics, RIKEN and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Collaborate on X-ray Observatory Launch
RIKEN, Japan’s largest comprehensive research institution, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, and mission integrator Kongsberg NanoAvionics have announced their collaboration on the astronomical NinjaSat1 X-ray observatory mission. The aim of this two-year mission in a low Earth orbit (LEO) is to observe X-ray photons from bright X-ray objects in the universe. The NinjaSat team aims to observe…
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Sierra Space Hosts Third Official Dream Chaser Training for NASA Astronauts
Sierra Space, a pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced that it hosted its third official training of NASA astronauts to learn the inner workings of Dream Chaser, the world’s first commercial spaceplane. The three astronauts – Mike Barratt, Matt Dominick, and Jeanette Epps – are members…
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NASA and Axiom Space Sign Mission Order for Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS
NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), marking the Houston-based company and space industry leader as the only full-service mission provider to carry out end-to-end commercial astronaut missions to the orbiting laboratory. Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) is targeted to launch no…
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Momentus to Highlight its M-1000 Commercial Satellite Bus at Small Satellite 2023
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers commercial satellite buses and orbital transportation, and in-space infrastructure services, will be attending Small Satellite 2023 from August 5-10 in Logan, Utah. During the event, Momentus will be hosting a featured presentation to discuss its orbital transportation and hosted payload services, as well as its M-1000 satellite…
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Xona Awarded a Contract from AFRL and U.S. Space Force to Accelerate PULSAR LEO PNT Service
Xona Space Systems, a company building the next generation of satellite navigation, has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Space Force to work toward a secure Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) architecture leveraging Xona’s PULSAR service. This $1.2M Direct to Phase II SBIR (D2P2) contract was…
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ESA’s Trailblazing Aeolus Mission Comes to a Historic End
Aeolus, ESA’s wind mission reentered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 July at around 21:00 CEST above Antarctica, confirmed by US Space Command. The reentry comes after a series of complex manoeuvres that lowered Aeolus’ orbit from an altitude of 320 km to just 120 km to reenter the atmosphere and burn up. Crucially, these manoeuvres –…
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NASA Conducts Successful Tests of Solid Rocket Motors for Mars Ascent Vehicle
NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program. The Mars Ascent Vehicle would be the first launch of a rocket from the surface of another planet. The team developing MAV conducted successful tests of the first and second-stage solid rocket motors needed for the launch. …
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Impulse Space Announces its Upcoming LEO Express-2 and LEO Express-3 Missions
Impulse Space, one of the leaders in the development of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system announced its LEO Express-2 and LEO Express-3 missions. These two missions will perform in-space services, including payload hosting, last-mile orbital delivery, constellation deployment, low-altitude maneuvers, and controlled atmospheric re-entry. They will be utilizing the same Mira vehicle in…
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Momentus Deploys All Payloads from Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle
Momentus, a U.S. commercial space company that offers orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has deployed all customer payloads from its Vigoride-6 Orbital Service Vehicle launched in April 2023 aboard the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission. To date, Momentus has deployed a total of 15 customer satellites over three missions conducted over the past year and has…