Tag: Launch
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ArianeGroup Signs a Contract with Airbus for Ariane 6 Carbon Fibre Structures
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fiber structures. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, lightweight structures for the next fourteen Ariane 6 launchers, to be manufactured until 2025. The contract will support ArianeGroup’s ramp-up to full production rate by then.…
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Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches
At the Space Tech Expo Europe, Precious Payload, the marketplace for satellite launches, announced that it has included upcoming Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) launches to its comprehensive launch schedule dubbed Launch.ctrl for commercial satellites. This formalizes the plan for Precious Payload to bring a new rideshare provider on board to create more launch opportunities for…
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SpaceX Confirms Successful Launch of Eutelsat 10B
Eutelsat Communications has announced that the EUTELSAT 10B satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by American space launch provider SpaceX using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 21.57 pm Eastern time on November 22nd(corresponding to 2.57 am UTC and 3.57 am CET on November 23rd). The…
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Rocket Lab Completes Final Launch Rehearsal Ahead of its First Mission from US
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, confirmed it has completed a final launch rehearsal and is ready for lift-off for its first mission from U.S. soil as early as December 7. The mission will take place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within…
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Sidus Space Partners with GTM Advanced Structures to Integrate Solar Panels into Satellite
Sidus Space, a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, announced their partnership GTM Advanced Structures (“GTM”) to integrate their space-proven solar panels into LizzieSat™ Sidus Space is in advanced stages of developing LizzieSat, a proprietary partially 3-D printed satellite, expected to launch in…
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NOAA Satellite Receives L3Harris Infrared Weather Forecasting Technology
L3Harris Technologies has announced its Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), designed to enhance severe weather detection capabilities, successfully launched aboard NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 weather satellite. As one of the world’s most advanced hyperspectral sounders and a key sensor on the JPSS-2 satellite, the CrIS instrument has over 2,000 infrared channels – 100 times…
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SpaceX to Develop Starship Human Landing System for NASA’s Artemis Moon Mission
NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop its Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis. With this addition, SpaceX will provide a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 as part of NASA’s Artemis IV mission. “Returning astronauts to the Moon…
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Rocket Lab Announces First Electron Mission from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced it is scheduled to launch its first Electron mission from Virginia during a launch window opening December 7 EST. The mission, named “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” will deploy satellites for leading radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360. It will be…
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SpaceRyde Signs Multiple Launch Service Agreements with ISILAUNCH
SpaceRyde, the space transportation company building the interplanetary logistics infrastructure known as the Rocket Network, has announced multiple launch agreements (MLA) with ISILAUNCH, a launch services subsidiary of Netherlands-based ISIS – Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE) – with over 570 customer satellites, including Planet, brought to orbit. The MLA is an agreement for four…
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Hundreds of Intersil-Brand Radiation-Hardened ICs from Renesas Lift Off for Moon Mission
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that hundreds of its radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs), including over 50 different part numbers, are onboard the Artemis 1 launch that blasted off on November 16. Intersil-brand rad-hard ICs are part of the battery management systems, RS-25 engine control electronics, and the launch…