Tag: Reentry Vehicles
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Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build Its Own Reentry Vehicle
The raise follows Tumbleweed’s first in-space mission. The company sent its first satellite, Oasis Alpha, to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare in July, where it demonstrated the ability to host microgravity research payloads from four different customers. Since then, Tumbleweed has seen an influx of demand from customers seeking access to microgravity without building a…
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Exolaunch Books First SpaceX Starfall Earth-Return Mission for 2029
Exolaunch has signed a contract with SpaceX to serve as payload integrator for a Starfall mission targeted to launch aboard Starship no earlier than 2029, marking the German company’s first commitment to Starship and its first mission involving the return of customer payloads from orbit. Announced on September 21, the agreement expands Exolaunch beyond conventional…
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Exolaunch Books Customer Payloads on Starship-Launched Starfall Reentry Mission
German launch integrator Exolaunch announced Sept. 22 that it will aggregate and integrate customer payloads for a SpaceX Starfall reentry mission scheduled to launch aboard Starship no earlier than 2029. The agreement represents both Exolaunch’s first commitment to a Starship mission and its first move into services designed to return commercial payloads from orbit. Exolaunch…