Tag: Launch
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Beyond Gravity Secures Contract to Produce Payload Fairings for New Ariane 6 European Launch Vehicle
Beyond Gravity wins an order to produce the payload fairings for ArianeGroup’s new Ariane 6 rocket. The new European launcher replaces Ariane 5, which was successfully launched over 100 times and has been in service since 1996. The Ariane 6 payload fairings, up to 20 meters high and 1800 kilograms light, are manufactured by Beyond…
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Rocket Lab to Launch NorthStar’s Commercial Space Situational Awareness Satellites Built by Spire Global
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced that it has signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver its first four Space Situational Awareness (SSA) satellites to low Earth orbit for its Space Services customer NorthStar Earth & Space. The dedicated mission on Electron will…
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-68 Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off on June 22 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 156 times with 100 percent mission success. “We continue to build on our valued partnership with…
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Sidus Space Awarded Contracts for Two Projects Under Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space, and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company, announced it has been awarded contracts for two projects with Israeli partners Maris-Tech and Lulav Space by Space Florida under the Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership. This is the first time Sidus has received two awards from the same round of projects from the Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership. The…
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ESA Entrusts a Consortium Led by Sener to Conduct Feasibility Study of Future European Reusable Launchers
The European Space Agency (ESA) has tasked a consortium led by Sener with helping to define the architecture of future European space launch systems. In addition to Sener (through its subsidiary Sener Aerospace and Defence), the consortium is formed by other leading companies in the European space sector and research institutes, such as Beyond Gravity,…
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Raytheon Technologies Selects Mynaric to Supply Optical Communications Terminals for T1 Tracking Layer Program
Mynaric, a provider of industrialized, cost-effective, and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. Raytheon Technologies was awarded the seven-vehicle mission satellite constellation in February 2023. Each satellite will feature three optical communications…
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Warpspace Successfully Completes Preliminary Design Review of its First Satellite
Warpspace, a space tech startup developing an optical inter-satellite data relay service in medium Earth orbit has announced the successful completion of PDR (Preliminary Design Review) for its first satellite “LEIHO”, for the inter-satellite optical communication service. The PDR is generally regarded as the “first step” in the satellite development process to check whether the…
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Ramon.Space Partners with Foxconn to Launch High-Volume Space Computing Products
Ramon.Space, one of the leaders in Space-resilient computing infrastructure, and Ingrasys, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group and the world’s largest manufacturer of server and storage platforms, announced a strategic agreement to deliver high-volume space computing products. As part of the agreement, Ingrasys will manufacture Ramon.Space computing products globally, establishing the production line of the…
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NASA to Collaborate with Seven US Companies to Advance Space Capabilities
NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future commercial and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy. Through unfunded Space Act Agreements, the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative (CCSC-2) is designed to advance commercial space-related efforts through NASA contributions of technical expertise, assessments, lessons…
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Argotec’s Innovative and Sustainable Solutions Extend their Horizons to Space
Argotec is a space company that builds the most innovative, sustainable, and reliable solutions for space missions. They enable companies to extend their horizons to Space. Their vision is to empower everyone to live beyond our Planet and make Space their place. Their activities range from design engineering to space mission support operations, to astronaut…