Tag: Launch
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Launches Hyperspectral 6U CubeSat for Japan’s IHI Corporation
Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a leading small satellite manufacturer and mission integrator, and IHI Corporation, a premier Japanese aerospace technology leader, have announced the successful launch and two-way communications with IHI-SAT2 shortly after orbital deployment. The hyperspectral 6U CubeSat for advancing forest management is envisioned to be part of IHI’s future Earth observation satellite constellation. The satellite…
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SpeQtre Quantum Entanglement Satellite Reaches Orbit
SpeQtral, Singapore’s leading quantum communications company, in partnership with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space, announces the successful launch and deployment of the SpeQtre CubeSat aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission. The spacecraft, containing SpeQtral’s space-qualified entangled photon pair source and detector modules, was deployed into sun-synchronous orbit on 28th November, 2025, marking…
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Planet Labs Launches Pelican-5, Pelican-6 and 36 SuperDoves on SpaceX Transporter-15
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced the successful launch of its AI-enabled, high-resolution Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 satellites, along with 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4H. Planet’s satellites were launched to orbit on the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Planet…
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Spire Global Launches 11 Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-15 Mission
Spire Global, a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully launched eleven satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch included satellites for Spire’s Space Services customers, along with three replenishment satellites that strengthen the Company’s fully deployed, dual-use constellation. Also Read: Spire Global Ships Nine Satellites…
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Varda Space Launches W-5 Mission Aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 Mission
Varda Space Industries announced that their fifth mission, W-5, successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, aboard the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX. W-5 is the company’s fifth launch overall, and fourth launch of 2025. The vehicle carries a government payload funded through the Prometheus program, a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory…
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ICEYE Deploys Five New SAR Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-15 Mission
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, has successfully launched and deployed five new SAR satellites into orbit. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and successfully lifted off on November 28, 2025, aboard the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. Each spacecraft has established communication,…
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European Space Agency Prepares to Launch HydroGNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch HydroGNSS, its first Scout mission, designed to track Earth’s water cycle and climate variables using innovative satellite technology. Scheduled for launch in November 2025 from Vandenberg, California aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the mission will deploy two identical microsatellites into orbit at 550 km altitude. HydroGNSS…
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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams and Crewmates Arrive at ISS
NASA astronaut Chris Williams, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, safely arrived at the International Space Station, expanding the orbiting laboratory’s crew to 10 for the next two weeks. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft at 4:27 a.m. EST (2:27 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Places ESCAPADE Spacecraft in Orbit with Successful First-Stage Recovery
The New Glenn orbital launch vehicle completed its second mission, deploying NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft into the designated loiter orbit, and landing the fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn in the Atlantic Ocean. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 3:55:01 PM EST /…
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SpaceX Transporter-15 Mission Successfully Delivers 140 Satellites to Orbit
SpaceX has successfully launched its Transporter-15 mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The 57-minute launch window opened at 10:18 a.m. PT, marking another milestone in SpaceX’s small-satellite rideshare program. The mission carried 140 payloads, including cubesats, microsats, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles that will…