Tag: Launch
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Airbus Finalises JUICE for Jupiter Mission
The Airbus-built JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission) spacecraft will shortly leave Toulouse, France, for Kourou, French Guiana, for lift-off on an Ariane 5 in April 2023. Shipment is expected in early February. The spacecraft has been at Airbus in Toulouse since August 2021 for final assembly and testing. This included the integration of the…
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European Union Inaugurates First Mainland Orbital Launch Complex
SSC inaugurated mainland EU’s first orbital launch site: Spaceport Esrange. Before the eyes of the whole world, the ribbon was cut by the Swedish Head of State, King Carl XVI Gustaf, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson. Now begins a new era for Esrange…
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Lockheed Martin Launches Sixth GPS III Satellite Supporting US Space Force’s GPS Constellation
The sixth Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite designed and built by Lockheed Martin, has been launched and is propelling to its operational orbit approximately 12,550 miles above Earth, where it will contribute to the ongoing modernization of the U.S. Space Force’s GPS constellation. GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) launched from…
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SpaceRyde Signs an Agreement with Qosmosys to be the Launch Partner for First In-space Satellite Racing Game
SpaceRyde, the space transportation company building the first interplanetary logistics infrastructure known as the Rocket Network has announced a customer agreement with Qosmosys to be the official launch partner of Qosmosys’ Qace, the first in-space satellite racing game. Qosmosys is a private company established in Singapore with the purpose of contributing to the development of…
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Europe‘s First Solar Sail Mission Successfully Launched by SpaceX
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has announced the successful launch of Europe‘s first solar sail mission aboard SpaceX Transporter-6. The 6U nanosatellite nicknamed ‘Alpha’ was manufactured for France’s Gama. It is one of four satellites, built by the Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator for multiple customers, that got sent into low Earth Orbit. It is the first time for…
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Spaceflight Signs Deal to Launch Sherpa Vehicles on Maritime Launch Services Missions
Spaceflight Inc., a premier launch and in-space transportation services provider, announced it has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services Inc. to launch up to five of its Sherpa Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs). The launches will be from Spaceport Nova Scotia aboard the Cyclone-4M beginning in 2025. Spaceflight has successfully delivered more than 550 spacecraft…
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Open Cosmos MENUT Satellite Successfully Launched
The SpaceX Falcon-9 launched Open Cosmos’s first satellite of 2023 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, amongst 114 other small satellites. The launch was a resounding success. Approximately one hour after launch, confirmation was received of the successful deployment of MENUT from the Exolaunch deployer and a few hours later, satellite operators at the Open Cosmos…
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Space Edge One Computer Developed by Spiral Blue Reaches Orbit Aboard Satellogic Satellite
The Space Edge One computer (SE-1) developed by Australian startup, Spiral Blue, launched as a hosted payload aboard a Satellogic NewSat spacecraft on the Transporter-6 Rideshare mission, which departed aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Developed through Satellogic’s Hosted Payload Program, this joint mission will complete…
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Momentus to Deliver FOSSA Systems Next-Generation Satellites to Orbit
Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems, a Spanish company that offers global low-power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services through its satellite constellation, to place its latest generation of satellites, FOSSASat FEROX, into low-Earth orbit on two…
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TISICS Receives Funding from UK Space Agency to Develop Sustainable Launch Tech
Aerospace manufacturing specialists, TISICS, have received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop demisable launcher components that will reduce the risk of damage to spacecraft by space debris, whilst reducing the processing time and materials waste experienced from current HPV-liner manufacturing. According to the Government’s National Space Strategy, published in 2021, the UK’s space…