Tag: Launch
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Telesat Awards Contract to Space Flight Laboratory for the Manufacture of LEO 3 Demonstration Satellite
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and innovative satellite operators, announced a contract award to the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of Toronto, Ontario to manufacture a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) demonstration satellite for Telesat. The demonstration satellite, named LEO 3, will provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s…
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Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, announced it has signed a deal to launch the LEO 3 satellite for global satellite operator Telesat on an Electron mission scheduled for Q3, 2023. The satellite has been built and manifested to Electron by mission management provider and satellite developer…
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Sierra Space Announces the Successful Power-up of its Dream Chaser Spaceplane
Sierra Space, one of the leading, pureplay commercial space companies building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, has announced the successful power-up of its revolutionary Dream Chaser spaceplane. Dream Chaser represents a groundbreaking leap in space transportation technology, designed to provide reliable and cost-effective access to space for a wide range of…
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North Korean launch attempt fails, days after South Korea’s successful space shot
North Korea’s Chollima 1 rocket takes off from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station on May 31, local time. Credit: Korean Central News Agency An attempt to place a small North Korean military spy satellite into orbit May 30 failed a few minutes after liftoff, five days after South Korea successfully launched the country’s homegrown Nuri…
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SpaceX delivers 52 more Starlink satellites into orbit
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:02 p.m. PDT Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX Another batch of 52 Starlink satellites launched late Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on the way to join SpaceX’s fleet of more than 4,000 spacecraft beaming broadband signals around the world. Stacked one…
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Life and Materials Science Payloads, CubeSats Set to Fly on SpaceX’s Resupply Mission to the ISS
A student-led genetics investigation, six small satellites called CubeSats, a technology demonstration, and life and materials science payloads are set to fly on SpaceX’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) contracted by NASA. These investigations, sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory, will launch onboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft no…
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ISRO Successfully Launches NVS-01 Geosynchronous Navigation Satellite
ISRO’s launch of the GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission was accomplished on May 29, 2023 at 10:42 hours IST from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. This Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission is designed to deploy the NVS-01 navigation satellite, weighing about 2232 kg, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. Subsequent orbit-raising maneuvers will be used for…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-10 mission with 52 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending]
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Chinese astronaut launch breaks record for most people in orbit
A Long March 2F rocket climbs through the sky after lifting off from the Jiuquan launch base with the Shenzhou 16 astronauts. Credit: China Manned Space Agency The launch of the next crew to China’s Tiangong space station late Monday (U.S. time) added three astronauts to the population of humans in space, which reached a…
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Live coverage: China launches three-man crew to Tiangong space station
Live coverage of China’s Shenzhou 16 mission, a planned six-month expedition to the Chinese space station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”CCTV launch coverage (with English commentary)”] [tabbyending]