Tag: Launch
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Ursa Major Breaks Ground on 400-Acre Solid Rocket Motor Test Site in Colorado
Ursa Major broke ground on a new 400-acre solid rocket motor test site in Weld County, Colorado, marking a significant expansion in the company’s ability to design, build, and test and qualify large solid rocket motor systems, to include those required for standard missile programs, in support of national and missile defense priorities. “This facility…
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Epson Marks M-G370PDT Inertial Measurement Unit Shipping Milestone at ION GNSS+ 2025
Epson, a leading global supplier of high-performance components including quartz crystal-based inertial sensors and semiconductors, announced its milestone moment at the ION GNSS+ 2025 Trade Show on September 10–11, 2025, at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. Epson is showcasing the M-G370PDT Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), one of their latest sensors engineered for advanced navigation and…
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Rendezvous Robotics Raises Pre-Seed with Ex-SpaceX, Blue Origin, Lockheed, Nokia
Rendezvous Robotics, a breakthrough space infrastructure company pioneering modular, autonomous in-orbit assembly, announced the close of its Pre-Seed round and emergence from stealth. Its patented TESSERAE technology was invented at MIT by Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, incubated at the Aurelia Institute, and spun out as Rendezvous co-founded by Ekblaw alongside Phil Frank and Joe Landon. The…
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Andøya Space and Astrobotic Sign Launch Site Agreement for Xodiac Reusable Rocket Campaigns
Andøya Space and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. announce the signing of a Term Sheet for a Launch Site Agreement. This agreement marks a significant step towards enhancing commercial space capabilities in Europe, with Astrobotic utilizing Andøya Space as a launch and landing site for its Xodiac reusable rocket campaigns. Xodiac simulates lunar and planetary landings, tests…
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Viasat’s ViaSat-3 F2 Set for October Launch to Advance Global Bandwidth Capacity
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, announced that the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 (F2) satellite is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V551 from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in the second half of October 2025. Viasat’s ultra-high-capacity constellation is designed to meet the…
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EchoStar to Sell Spectrum Licenses to SpaceX in $17 Billion Cash and Stock Deal
EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement with SpaceX to sell the company’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for approximately $17 billion, consisting of up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock, valued as of the date of the definitive agreement. Additionally, the definitive agreement provides for SpaceX to…
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NanoAvionics Joins Thales Alenia Space in ESA’s SIRIUS Mission Study to Advance Urban Heat Monitoring
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a leading smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to join a consortium studying the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FutureEO programme mission, SIRIUS (Space Based Infra-Red Imager for Urban Sustainability). NanoAvionics will contribute its small satellite expertise, including the flight-proven MP42H microsatellite bus and its flight…
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GHGSat Satellites to Monitor Methane Across ExxonMobil’s On-Shore Operations
Exxon Mobil and GHGSat, the global leader in emissions-monitoring technology, announced a groundbreaking partnership to monitor and mitigate methane at scale across ExxonMobil’s onshore operations in North America and Asia, including the United States, Canada, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. This collaboration marks a significant investment by ExxonMobil in satellite-based emissions monitoring, reflecting the company’s…
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Kongsberg Secures Contract to Supply Key Components for Europe’s Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with ArianeGroup for the delivery of critical components for Europe’s next generation launch vehicle, Ariane 6. The agreement covers the supply of Optical Safety Barriers (OSB) and Upper Part Attachment (UPPA) mechanisms over the next three years. The new contract extends the long-standing collaboration between KONGSBERG…
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Benchmark Secures NASA Phase II SBIR to Advance Aquila Hybrid Transfer Stage for High-Energy Missions
Benchmark has been awarded a NASA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to advance development of our Aquila Small Spacecraft Transfer Stage (SSTS), a low-cost, small spacecraft compatible solution engineered for delivery of payloads to high-energy orbits, including lunar destinations. Designed to bridge the accessibility gap between common launch insertion points and mission-critical…