Tag: Maxar
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Timeline of the Falcon 9 rocket’s launch of the Radarsat Constellation Mission
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with three Earth observation satellites for Canada’s Radarsat Constellation Mission. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Wednesday at 7:17 a.m. PDT (10:17 a.m. EDT; 1417 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Falcon 9’s first…
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Three Canadian radar satellites ready for launch from California
Technicians prepare the Radarsat Constellation Mission satellites for encapsulation inside the nose fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: MDA/SpaceX SpaceX teams working at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California were finalizing preparations Tuesday ahead of the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday carrying a trio of Canadian-built radar observation satellites into orbit.…
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NASA chooses Maxar to build keystone module for lunar Gateway station
Artist’s illustration of the Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element. Credit: Maxar NASA has selected Maxar Technologies for a $375 million contract to design, build and launch the core element of a mini-space station in orbit around the moon that will double as a deep space research outpost and a staging point for future human expeditions…
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DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite fails
The WorldView 4 satellite in Lockheed Martin’s factory in Sunnyvale, California. Credit: Lockheed Martin DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 4 commercial Earth observation satellite, which launched in 2016 for a planned 10-to-12-year mission, has suffered a failure in its control moment gyros and is no longer able to acquire high-resolution imagery, officials announced Monday. Maxar Technologies, DigitalGlobe’s parent…
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DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleet
Artist’s illustration of a WorldView Legion satellite. Credit: SSL Two Falcon 9 rockets with reused first stage boosters will place the initial block of DigitalGlobe’s commercial WorldView Legion satellite fleet in orbit in 2021, the Earth-imaging company recently announced. Financial terms of DigitalGlobe’s contract with SpaceX were not disclosed in the March 14 contract release,…