Tag: Launch
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Terran Orbital Developed CAPSTONE Successfully Enters Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit Around the Moon
Terran Orbital, a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced the Terran Orbital-developed CAPSTONE spacecraft successfully arrived in a Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. Following an initial orbit insertion maneuver on Sunday, CAPSTONE will perform clean-up maneuvers over the next several days to complete insertion into its…
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SES Selects Arianespace to Launch EAGLE-1 Satellite to Support End-to-end Secure QKD System for Europe
The EAGLE-1 satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe, will be launched for SES by Arianespace on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as Q4 2024. The satellite will be placed in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The EAGLE-1 project comprising satellite and ground infrastructure…
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NASA’s Artemis I Rocket Successfully Launches Orion to Moon
Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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L3Harris Infrared Weather Forecasting Technology Successfully Launched Aboard NOAA’s JPSS-2 Satellite
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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Intelsat Announces Successful Launch of Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 Geosynchronous Communications Satellites
Intelsat, an operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of inflight connectivity, announced the successful launch of Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32, geosynchronous communications satellites that will ensure service continuity to Intelsat’s North American media customers. The Maxar-manufactured Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 satellites were launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon…
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Rocket Lab Awarded a Contract to Provide Separation Systems for SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer Satellites
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, has been awarded two contracts worth a total of $14 million to provide satellite separation systems for Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) satellites. Rocket Lab will supply more than 80 total Lightband Separation Systems (also called Lightbands) to prime contractor Lockheed Martin…
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Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract for Development of HawkEye 360 RF Geolocation Microsatellites
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has been contracted to support the development of Clusters 7 through 11 in the HawkEye 360 radio frequency (RF) geolocation microsatellite constellation. Under the Flex Production program, SFL is designing, assembling, and integrating Cluster 9 at its Toronto headquarters and is providing technical support for the integration of Clusters 7, 8,…
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Northrop Grumman Supports Successful Launch and Deployment of USSF-44 Mission
Northrop Grumman played a critical role in the integration, launch, and deployment of the United States Space Force (USSF)-44 mission that was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Several hardware and software platforms were provided to deliver multiple missions for customers including highly complex payloads from multiple industry partners. The Long Duration Propulsive ESPA…
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Orbex to Build and Operate First Vertical Launch Site for Satellites in Sutherland
Orbex, based in Forres, Moray, has signed a lease with development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the spaceport location on community-owned land on the A’ Mhoine peninsula in north-west Sutherland to build and operate the first vertical launch site for satellites. HIE has been developing launch plans for several years and leases the…
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Exotrail and Isar Aerospace Sign Multiple Launch Services Agreement
The space mobility operator Exotrail and the European launch service provider Isar Aerospace announced a multiple launch services agreement. Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle Spectrum will launch Exotrail’s spacevan vehicle on several firm launches to low Earth (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbits (GTO) from Isar Aerospace’s launch sites in Andøya, Norway, and CSG, French Guiana, between…