Tag: Launch
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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…
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Advances to First Flight for NASA and National Security Missions
Sierra Space, a proven Defense Tech company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced a strategic transition for its Dream Chaser spaceplane. Dream Chaser’s first flight will be a free-flyer, demonstration mission, which is expected to prove the technology and deliver critical data to NASA.…
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Dragonfly Aerospace Unveils ?Dragonfly Bus Redefining Small Satellite Capabilities
Dragonfly Aerospace has announced the launch of its new satellite platform, the ηDragonfly Bus, a revolutionary system designed to bridge the historical performance gap between cost-effective nano-satellites and highly capable microsatellites. Dragonfly Aerospace states that ηDragonfly combines the agility and cost benefits of smaller satellites with the high reliability and long-term performance traditionally found only…
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United Launch Alliance Atlas V Successfully Launches Amazon’s Kuiper 3 Mission
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper 3 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Sept. 25 at 8:09 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission demonstrates the strong partnership between ULA and Amazon to accurately and rapidly launch and deliver innovative solutions…
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Isar Aerospace and R-Space Signs Launch Agreement
Isar Aerospace, a satellite launch service company, and R-Space signed a launch service agreement as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) Marketplace program. Under the agreement, Isar Aerospace will launch two R-Space satellites aboard of its ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle in 2026 from Andøya Spaceport. Further flights are planned for 2026 and 2027, underscoring both companies’ commitment…
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Rocket Lab Commences Launch Complex 3 for Neutron’s First Launch
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, celebrated the official opening of Launch Complex 3, its dedicated test, launch, and landing facility for its reusable rocket Neutron – representing a bold step forward in delivering an alternative, reliable and responsive launch capability from U.S. soil with its next-generation challenger to…
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Qorvo Unveils Ku-Band Beamformer Integrated Circuits for TDD SATCOM Terminals
Qorvo, a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, has released a Ku-band beamformer IC designed to meet the growing demand for terminals that support time-division duplexing (TDD) in compact and power-sensitive SATCOM applications. TDD architectures enable a single antenna array to be used for both transmit and receive, reducing system size and complexity, enabling…