Tag: Launch
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Thales Introduces New Pulse-Tube Cryocooler for Space Applications
Thales, one of the global leaders in designing, operating, and delivering satellite-based systems has partnered with Absolut System to provide a designed-for-manufacturability LPT6510 pulse-tube cooler for the institutional as well as the new-space industry. The LPT6510 design and processes are derived from flight-proven cooler designs, such as the LPTC compressor. The LPT6510 cryocooler is based…
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Schedule for SpaceX’s Starship test flight hinges on FAA regulatory approval
File photo of SpaceX’s Ship 24 vehicle, slated to fly on the Starship integrated flight test. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX continues to prepare for a launch attempt as soon as next week for the first test flight of its Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket, with final work on the ship’s self-destruct…
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Northrop Grumman Expands Launch and Missile Defense Capabilities in Huntsville
Northrop Grumman Corporation cut the ribbon on a new, two-building campus located just outside of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its launch and missile defense development capability. This campus will be home to over 1,000 Northrop Grumman employees in the Huntsville area. The Northrop Grumman Redstone Gateway campus will include a hardware-in-the-loop integration lab…
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Quantum Space Unveils Ranger Multi-Operations Vehicle to Transform Entry to GEO and Cislunar Space
Quantum Space (Quantum) announced the Ranger multi-operations vehicle (MOV), a highly capable and modular orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) which is designed to host and precisely deliver payloads directly in Geostationary orbit, cislunar space, and beyond. The Ranger MOV will extend customer’s spacecraft life, reduce program costs, and enable earlier operational status by directly deploying spacecraft…
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Preparations underway for SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket for the ViaSat 3 Americas mission inside the hangar at Launch Complex 39A. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy mission, set for April 18 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will launch a powerhouse bus-sized broadband satellite for Viasat into a high-altitude circular geostationary orbit, a demanding flight profile that…
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Intelsat Announces the Successful Launch of IS-40e High-Throughput Geosynchronous Satellite
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity, announced the successful launch of Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), a geosynchronous satellite that relies on spot-beam technology to provide a large amount of capacity over North America for Intelsat’s commercial aviation, mobility, and network service…
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Rocket Lab to Launch NASA’s TROPICS Constellation from New Zealand
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced that it will launch NASA’s TROPICS constellation across two dedicated Electron missions lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand next month. The TROPICS constellation (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Small Sats) will monitor…
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SpaceX readying Starship rocket for around-the-world test flight next week
SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket stand fully stacked at the company’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX said Tuesday it won’t perform a final countdown dress rehearsal this week for the giant new Starship launch vehicle, and could send the rocket — standing nearly 40 stories tall on its Texas…
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Airbus Built MetOp-SG Second-Generation Weather Satellites Enter their Test Phases
The Airbus-built satellite twins, MetOp-SG A, and B will provide a panoply of new meteorological data that will substantially improve numerical weather prediction – the backbone of our daily weather forecasts – at regional and global levels. The multiple instruments on board will also provide key observations for climate monitoring, atmospheric chemistry, and other services…
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Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora Spaceplane Successfully Completes its First Rocket-Powered Flight Campaign
Dawn Aerospace, a space transportation company with operations in New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United States, announced the successful completion of the first rocket-powered flight campaign of its spaceplane, the Mk-II Aurora. The flights occurred at Glen Tanner Aerodrome on 29, 30, and 31 March. Dawn is already the fastest-growing supplier of green in-space…