Tag: Launch
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Spaceflight Signs MoU with RFA to Launch its OTVs and Rideshare Payloads in Future Launch Missions
Spaceflight, a global launch services provider, announced at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022 that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for upcoming launches with Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA). The agreement formalizes the plan for Spaceflight to fly its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) and other rideshare payloads on upcoming RFA missions…
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Astrobotic Announces the Acquisition of Masten Space Systems
Astrobotic has announced the acquisition of Masten Space Systems, a pioneering space technologies company with industry-unique suborbital payload testing services, which include a heritage of more than 600 vertical takeoffs and landing (VTVL) rocket flights. The acquisition also includes Masten’s portfolio of advanced space technology development programs advanced over 18 years of operations. Astrobotic and…
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Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket
Iridium Communications has announced that it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch up to five of the company’s remaining ground spare satellites from the Iridium NEXT program, on its Falcon 9 rocket. Known as Iridium-9, the launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023. Earlier this year, Iridium…
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Nara Space Partners with Syrlinks to Integrate X-Band Transmitter into BUSANSAT
Syrlinks, one of the leaders in the design of RF Communication systems for Space, and Nara Space, a new space startup in South Korea that builds nanosatellite constellations, have announced their partnership in the integration of Syrlinks’s compact X-Band Transmitter – EWC27. Nara Space has developed a unique range of 12U satellites called BUSANSAT which…
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Rocket Lab Signs Agreement with USTRANSCOM to use Rockets to Deliver Cargo
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, has announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to explore the possibility of using the Company’s Neutron and Electron launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world. The agreement…
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Skyroot Aerospace Raises $51 Million in Funding to Offer Small Satellite Launch Services
Skyroot Aerospace, a Space-tech startup in India, has successfully raised a $51 million Series-B funding round led by GIC, a leading global investment firm. This is the largest funding round ever in the Indian private Space-Tech sector, which validates Skyroot’s strengths in space technology and helps meet the burgeoning demand from the international small satellite…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Test Fires Reused Rutherford Engine
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, has successfully test-fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time a significant technical achievement in the company’s efforts to make its Electron launch vehicle the world’s first reusable orbital small rocket. Rocket Lab conducted the full duration, full-thrust test fire…
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Ursa Major Receives Contract from US Air Force to Develop an Oxygen-Rich Staged Rocket Engine
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, has announced a contract under the U.S. Air Force Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program. Under this agreement, Ursa Major will provide a flight-qualified 5,000-pound thrust, oxygen-rich staged combustion “Hadley” rocket engine, suited for both the booster and upper-stage phases of launch for satellites…
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Sierra Space Signs Agreement with Yuri to Launch ScienceTaxi to Space
Sierra Space, one of the leading commercial space companies at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructure for low-Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization, and Yuri, a Germany-based space biotech company, have announced a new agreement to further medical research in microgravity for the benefit of life on Earth. The arrangement…
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NASA and Axiom Space Sign Mission Order for the Second Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS
NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to take place in the second quarter of 2023. The spaceflight, designated as Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and travel to the space station. Once docked, the…