Tag: Launch
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Sierra Space Completes Critical Design Review for SDA Tranche 2 Missile Tracking Satellites
Sierra Space, a Defense Tech company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer (T2TRK), affirming technical readiness to begin production of advanced missile tracking satellites for…
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Astranis and Impulse Space Sign Agreement for 2027 Mission
Impulse Space, the leader for in-space mobility, and Astranis, manufacturer of advanced high-orbit satellites, signed a contract for an upcoming mission to GEO. Targeting a 2027 launch, the mission will utilize a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch to low Earth orbit (LEO), where it will deploy Impulse’s Helios kick stage. Leveraging chemical propulsion via its…
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GEESATCOM Completes Sixth Orbital Launch with 12 Satellites
The sixth orbital plane of GEESATCOM was successfully launched in China, deploying 12 satellites in a single launch. This marked the third consecutive launch within two months, with all satellites entering their designated orbits and operating normally. Following this launch, with 64 satellites now in orbit, GEESATCOM has completed Phase I networking. The constellation delivers…
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Varda and Southern Launch Announce Agreement for 20 Reentries from Orbit Through 2028
Varda Space Industries, a microgravity-enabled life sciences and reentry company, and Southern Launch, a space mission service provider, announced that they have reached an agreement to extend their partnership for 20 reentries into the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia through 2028. Since Varda’s W-2 and W-3 missions reentered in February and May 2025, Varda…
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Kayhan Launches Free GPU-Accelerated Satellite Propagation Tool
Kayhan Space, a leading provider of advanced spaceflight intelligence and autonomous safety solutions, announced the launch of sgp4.gl, a GPU-accelerated SGP4 propagator purpose-built for large-scale satellite modeling. By enabling smooth, real-time propagation directly in the browser, sgp4.gl makes high-fidelity satellite visualization possible at catalog scale – handling thousands of satellites simultaneously. Also Read: Satellite Launches…
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Beyond Gravity Contracted to Deliver Thruster Pointing Mechanisms from SWISSto12
The international space supplier Beyond Gravity secured a major contract to deliver thruster pointing mechanisms in the form of a robotic arm for a new fleet of small geostationary (GEO) telecommunications satellites of SWISSto12 called HummingSat. The international space supplier Beyond Gravity will develop and build electric propulsion pointing mechanisms for five HummingSat satellites. The…
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Dawn Aerospace Flies First U.S Research Payload on Reusable Aurora Spaceplane
Dawn Aerospace has successfully flown the Aurora spaceplane carrying California Polytechnic State University’s student-built payload, reaching Mach 0.79 and an altitude of 37,000 feet. This flight on June 24th, Aurora’s first from Dawn’s newly operational launch facility at Tawhaki National Aerospace Centre carried Cal Poly’s payload, making it the first U.S. student-built experiment to fly…
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European Space Agency and Avio Partners for Reusable Upper Stage Demonstration Mission
European Space Agency and Avio signed a contract for 24 months of development activities aiming at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage. Frequent flights to space would benefit from completely reusable rockets, and this signature kicks off industrial activity to assess the technologies needed and design concepts for an upper-stage demonstration mission. Building…
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Rocket Lab and Synspective Enter 10-Launch Deal for 21 Electron Launches
Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has secured a second multi-launch contract with Synspective, a leading Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics company from Japan. The new contract for a further 10 dedicated Electron launches brings the total number of upcoming Synspective missions to 21 –…
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Blues Expands Global Satellite IoT with Starnote on Iridium
Blues, a leader in IoT connectivity solutions, announced Starnote for Iridium at The Things Conference in Amsterdam. The new offering in Blues’ Starnote family is an accessory that plugs into a Blues Cellular or WiFi Notecard, providing fallback message routing through Iridium satellite IoT connectivity when primary connectivity is unavailable. Blues is accepting applications for…