Tag: Rideshare

  • SpaceX postpones rideshare launch from California

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    Artist’s illustration of Spaceflight’s free flyers and payloads on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Credit: Spaceflight SpaceX has ordered additional inspections on a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California set to launch 64 small satellites, a decision that is expected to keep the launcher grounded for several days until after…

  • Israeli moon lander to ride SpaceX rocket in Spaceflight’s first move beyond low Earth orbit

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    An artist’s conception shows SpaceIL’s Sparrow lunar lander on the moon’s surface. (SpaceIL Illustration) SpaceIL’s lunar lander is go for launch as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that’s due to send a telecommunications satellite into geosynchronous orbit, Seattle-based Spaceflight announced today. The launch, expected early next year, would represent the first…

  • Spaceflight reserves two rideshare missions on Vega rocket

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    Artist’s concept of the Vega rocket’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service dispenser deploying multiple satellites in orbit. Credit: ESA Spaceflight Industries has booked reservations for two commercial rideshare missions on Arianespace’s Vega rocket, officials announced Tuesday, beginning with a proof-of-concept flight in early 2019 of a new Italian-built multi-payload dispenser tailored to accommodate small satellites and…

  • ULA says it will launch some CubeSats for free

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    Artist’s concept of CubeSats deploying from ULA’s Aft Bulkhead Carrier on the read end of the Atlas 5 rocket’s Centaur upper stage. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance chief executive Tory Bruno said Thursday the company will offer more rides for CubeSats aboard future Atlas 5 rocket flights, and give some away for free, in a…

  • Seattle company buys big rocket for little satellites

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    Artist’s concept of Spaceflight Industries’ Sherpa multi-payload space tug, set for a debut mission next year. Credit: Spaceflight Industries Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has purchased a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch in 2017 with a mash-up of satellites in the first such commercial arrangement for a rideshare mission on a U.S. launcher, the company announced…