Tag: Launch
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Intelsat Orders Second Mission Extension Pod from Northrop Grumman to Extend Life of Four Satellites
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), ordered its second Mission Extension Pod (MEP) from Northrop Grumman Corporation’s SpaceLogistics, which will add life to an Intelsat satellite, providing uninterrupted services to many customers. The new contract represents the fourth deal with SpaceLogistics,…
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TTTech and STMicroelectronics Collaborate to Deliver Advanced Networking Solutions for Deep Space Missions
TTTech and STMicroelectronics celebrate 7 years of collaboration in the space sector and join forces to deliver advanced networking solutions for deep space exploration. As the global space industry grows, it requires a steady supply of highly reliable “space-grade” chips for an increasing number of programs. Keeping this in mind, both companies extended forces for…
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BepiColombo Mission Gears Up for Third Mercury Flyby
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is gearing up for its next close flyby of Mercury when it will pass the planet’s surface at an altitude of about 236 km. This is the third of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury that ESA’s spacecraft operation team is guiding BepiColombo through. The flybys, together with more than 15…
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Kuva Space Secures €5M Commercial Contract to Provide Hyperspectral Data Services for Copernicus Program
Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has been awarded a five-year commercial contract worth €5M to be the world’s sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European Commission’s Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM) program. Chosen by the European Space Agency, Kuva Space will demonstrate its proprietary technological capabilities to monitor farming and aquaculture crops, forests,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches its First Suborbital HASTE Launch Vehicle from Virginia
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced that it has successfully launched its first suborbital testbed launch vehicle, called HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) for a confidential customer. The inaugural launch took place on June 17 at 21:24 Eastern local time (June 18, 01:24 UTC) from…
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Sierra Space Awarded Space Act Agreement by NASA for the Development of Commercial LEO Ecosystem
Sierra Space, a pure-play commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, was awarded a Space Act Agreement (SAA) by NASA under the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities (CCSC-2) initiative. Through the agreement, Sierra Space will provide NASA with valuable insight and collaboration into its crewed Dream Chaser spaceplane;…
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X-Bow Systems Announces the Second Successful Launch of “Bolt” Rocket
X-Bow Systems confirmed the successful second launch of its Bolt Rocket at White Sands Missile Range. This effort was done under the Responsive Development Experiment (ReDX) program for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The ReDX program enables LANL to leverage the revolution in commercial space flight and provide scientists and engineers…
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VAST Selects Impulse Space to Provide Propulsion Systems for its Haven-1 Space Station
Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, announced that it has selected Impulse Space, a leader in the development of in-space logistics services, to provide its Haven-1 Space Station propulsion system. Impulse Space and Vast will work closely to integrate the propulsion system as a key subsystem of Haven-1, scheduled to launch on a SpaceX…
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Virgin Galactic Announces Start of Commercial Spaceflight Operations
Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 01,’ is planned to fly between June 27 – June 30, 2023. The second commercial spaceflight, ‘Galactic 02,’ will follow in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter. Virgin Galactic’s team and vehicles are ready to fly the Company’s…
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Muon Space’s First Climate Constellation Satellite Successfully Launched on SpaceX Transporter-8 Mission
Muon Space, a climate satellite company revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, has announced the successful deployment of the company’s first satellite, MuSat-1. The ESPA-class spacecraft, which launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif. on June 12, is Muon Space’s first satellite in orbit and an important step…