Tag: Launch
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L3Harris to Provide Advanced Tracking Satellites for America’s Missile Defense
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to produce 18 Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 (AMDT3) satellites to support the Golden Dome for America’s space-based capabilities. These L3Harris satellites will enhance national security by detecting and tracking advanced missile threats. “L3Harris’ continued work in Indiana will deliver…
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Rocket Lab Achieves Record Space Force Launch and On-Orbit Tracking
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced mission success for its role in the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) VICTUS HAZE mission. This historic mission required Rocket Lab to design, build, and test a Pioneer spacecraft for the USSF, launch it on Electron within 24 hours’ notice, commission the spacecraft…
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Voyager Awarded $298M NASA Contract Under Completed Astrobotic Acquisition
Voyager Technologies has completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology. The close comes as NASA recently awarded two new lunar lander missions to the company and Griffin Mission One shipped to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for environmental testing ahead of launch later this year. “As America marks 250 years, the next chapter of this nation’s leadership…
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Parabilis Space Advances Hybrid and Chemical Propulsion Technologies for Space
Parabilis Space Technologies is developing a broad portfolio of hybrid and chemical propulsion technologies for launch vehicles, spacecraft and in-space mobility systems. Backed by more than 35 years of propulsion heritage, the company designs, builds, tests and flies propulsion systems ranging from small reaction control thrusters to high-performance upper stages and large hybrid launch vehicle…
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Sierra Space Secures $798 Million Defense Contract of Golden Dome for America
Sierra Space, a defense-tech space company delivering solutions for the nation’s most critical missions and advancing the future of security in space, announced it has been awarded a Firm Fixed Price Other Transactional Agreement (OTA) by the Space Development Agency (SDA), with a total potential value of $798 million, to design, manufacture and deliver 18…
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D-Orbit Signs Multi-Launch Contract with ArkEdge Space
D-Orbit, a space logistics and transportation company, has announced that it has signed a launch services contract with ArkEdge Space, a Japanese satellite systems integrator of micro-satellite systems, to deliver a series of launches aboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier. Under the agreement, D-Orbit will provide its ION launch service across multiple missions, integrating ArkEdge Space’s…
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China achieves first-ever controlled rocket recovery in Long March-10B maiden flight
China successfully launched the Long March-10B carrier rocket at the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China’s Hainan Province on July 10, achieving its first-ever controlled recovery of a carrier rocket’s first stage. The rocket, in its maiden flight, sent the payload into the preset orbit. After the separation of the rocket’s first and…
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Starship Flight 13 Carries 20 Starlink V3 Sats July 16
Does Starship Flight 13 Carry Its First Real Payload? Yes — and it matters. SpaceX has confirmed Starship Flight 13 is targeting liftoff from Starbase, Texas, as early as Thursday, July 16, carrying 20 Starlink V3 satellites: the vehicle’s first operational payload in 13 flights of developmental testing. For the first time, the world’s most…
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China’s Commercial Space Industry Reaches Its “TEMU Moment”
Satellites have traditionally been among the world’s most expensive assets. Building, launching, and operating a spacecraft often required investments measured in millions of dollars, limiting access to governments, military organizations, and large corporations. China’s commercial space industry is now attempting to change that equation. Driven by automated manufacturing, expanding launch capacity, and large-scale satellite production,…
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Unseenlabs Releases Second-Generation RF Satellite for Multi-Domain Awareness
Unseenlabs announces the deployment of its new generation of satellites (Gen 2), scaling up its space-based radio frequency (RF) detection capabilities from focused maritime domain awareness to broader multi-domain awareness including maritime, land and space. This new generation expands Unseenlabs’ ability to provide actionable data and intelligence services, supporting customers worldwide to make informed decisions…