Tag: Launch
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Vast Expands into High-Power Satellite Buses with Space Station Tech and Haven Heritage
Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure, announced Vast Satellite, a new line of high-power satellite buses built for operators across communications, Earth observation, national security and orbital data center satellite constellations. With the launch of Vast Satellite, Vast is expanding beyond commercial space stations into high-volume spacecraft platforms designed for high-performance…
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Axelspace Corporation Schedules GRUS-3 Earth Observation Satellite Launch for July 2026
Axelspace Corporation, a leading developer and operator of microsatellites dedicated to realizing its vision of “Space within Your Reach,” announced that GRUS-3, a set of seven next-generation Earth observation microsatellites, is scheduled to be launched no earlier than July 2026. The seven GRUS-3 microsatellites will launch aboard the Transporter-17 rideshare mission via Exolaunch, a global leader…
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Varda Space Industries Successfully Completes W-6 Capsule Reentry Mission
Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry, announced the successful reentry of its W-6 capsule. The capsule landed safely within the designated recovery zone at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia, operated by Southern Launch, marking the company’s second reentry of 2026. Similar to Varda’s previous missions with Department…
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Phantom Space Develops Laguna Rocket for SmallSat Launches
Phantom Space Corporation, a U.S-based space transportation company focused on low-cost launch systems and space infrastructure technologies, is developing the Laguna rocket family to support responsive and scalable small satellite launch operations. The launch architecture is designed to provide dedicated and rideshare launch capability for commercial, government and defense payloads requiring rapid and flexible access…
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Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors Launch Aboard ESA’s SMILE Mission
Teledyne Space Imaging, a leading supplier of space-qualified imaging sensors, focal plane arrays and integrated camera systems, announced it supplied two CCD370 imaging sensors for the Soft X-ray Imager on the European Space Agency’s SMILE mission (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE successfully launched at 04:52 BST from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. SMILE…
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Intuitive Machines Secures NASA Lunar Imaging Operations Contracts
Intuitive Machines, a space technology, infrastructure and services leader, is now the prime contractor for operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (“LROC”), a key instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (“LRO”), and the ShadowCam instrument, a specialized lunar imaging camera on board the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter that provides visibility in light obscured conditions…
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LambdaVision and Helogen Partner to Advance Space-Based Biomaterial Manufacturing
LambdaVision, a pre-clinical-stage biotech advancing on-Earth and microgravity bioprocesses, announced a strategic partnership with Helogen Corporation to launch a joint orbital manufacturing mission of LambdaVision’s artificial retina protein aboard Helogen’s fully autonomous manufacturing system in low-Earth orbit. The mission is targeted for launch in the second half of 2026. As this planned mission will mark…
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Benchmark Space Systems Expands In-Space Mobility Solutions with Modular Orbital Logistics
Benchmark Space Systems, a U.S-based space propulsion company focused on in-space mobility and logistics technologies, is developing a portfolio of propulsion and transportation solutions designed to support orbital maneuvering, spacecraft transfer, controlled reentry and responsive space logistics operations. The company’s mobility architecture combines chemical, electric and hybrid propulsion technologies intended for missions spanning Low Earth…
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Varda Space Industries Expands Orbital Manufacturing with W-Series Reentry Vehicle
Varda Space Industries is developing orbital manufacturing and reentry infrastructure designed to support the commercialization of low Earth orbit for pharmaceutical production, advanced materials research and microgravity-enabled industrial applications. The company’s W-Series spacecraft platform combines autonomous orbital manufacturing capabilities with reusable reentry systems engineered to return materials from orbit safely and efficiently back to Earth.…
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GITAI Expands Space Robotics Services for On-Orbit Operations and Lunar Infrastructure
GITAI, a US-based space robotics company focused on autonomous robotic systems for space applications, is developing a portfolio of robotic service technologies designed to support on-orbit servicing, satellite maintenance, lunar infrastructure construction and future industrial operations in space. Through its integrated robotics and spacecraft technologies, the company aims to reduce the cost of labor in…