Tag: Launch
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Lockheed Martin CubeSats Successfully Validate Essential Maneuvers for On-orbit Servicing
Lockheed Martin announced that its In-space Upgrade Satellite System (LM LINUSS) accomplished a successful on-orbit demonstration, proving how small satellites can serve an essential role in sustaining critical space architectures. They do this by regularly upgrading existing constellations with new capabilities and extending spacecraft design lifecycles. LM LINUSS, a technology demonstration funded internally by Lockheed…
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Orbex Offers Flexible Launch Services for Small Satellite Industry
Orbex, founded in 2015 is a UK-based private, low-cost orbital launch services company, serving the needs of the small satellite industry. Orbex has developed one of the most advanced, low-carbon, high-performance micro-launch vehicles in the world. Orbex offers a flexible core launch service and a suite of supporting services for customers. Their advanced launch vehicle…
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Rocket Lab Launched New Constellation-Class Star Tracker for Satellite Navigation and Control
Rocket Lab USA, Inc., a global operator in launch services and space systems, announced a new class of star tracker, the ST-16HV, which is now available for commercial use, expanding the Company’s Space Systems catalog of products for the global satellite market. The new ST-16HV star tracker is an attitude determination sensor based on Rocket…
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Video from Starbase: SpaceX prepares for second Starship launch attempt
Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark reports from Starbase in South Texas as SpaceX prepares the largest rocket in history for a second launch attempt after calling off a launch attempt Monday due to a valve problem. The next launch attempt is set for Thursday at 8:28 a.m. CDT (9:28 a.m. EDT; 1328 UTC). Email the author.…
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SpaceX resumes launching upgraded Starlink satellites
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-2 mission at 10:31 a.m. EDT (1431 GMT) on April 19 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending] SpaceX resumed launches…
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Elon Musk’s success criteria for Starship test flight: “Don’t blow up the launch pad”
SpaceX’s fully fueled Starship and Super Heavy booster during the first launch attempt Monday, April 17. Credit: SpaceX Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO, did his best to set low expectations heading into the first test flight of the gargantuan Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket this week. “I would consider anything that does not…
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Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of complete microspace missions, announced the launch and successful deployment of nine satellites at 06:48 am UTC on 15 April 2023 (11:48 pm PDT, 14 April 2023). Launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the SpaceX Transporter-7 ride-sharing mission carried SFL-designed microspace platforms into orbit for four different repeat…
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Boeing Unveils its Protected Wideband Satellite Design with Anti-Jam Payload for Military Application
Boeing has unveiled its Protected Wideband Satellite (PWS) design featuring Boeing’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype (PTS-P) payload hosted aboard the U.S. Space Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11 spacecraft. The combination of military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) and anti-jam capabilities underpin the PWS design. Both programs are based on Boeing’s 702X software-driven technology enabling real-time and automated…
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Exolaunch Successfully Deployed 21 Satellites on Transporter-7 Mission
Exolaunch, a global company in small satellite launch services, mission management and deployment technologies has successfully deployed 21 satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission. The mission was launched using a SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 14 at 11:48pm PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. This is the 19th mission in Exolaunch’s flight heritage,…
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Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs launch attempt for Starship test flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of SpaceX’s first full-scale Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket from Starbase, SpaceX’s development and test facility at Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”LabPadre/SFN Commentary”] [tabby title=”SFN Launch Pad Live”] [tabbyending]