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ULA’s second Vulcan rocket lost part of its booster and kept going
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, under contract for dozens of flights for the US military and Amazon’s Kuiper broadband network, lifted off from Florida on its second test flight Friday, suffered an anomaly with one of its strap-on boosters, and still achieved a successful mission, the company said in a statement. This test flight, known…
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Rocket Report: Falcon 9 second stage stumbles; Japanese rocket nears the end
Welcome to Edition 7.14 of the Rocket Report! For readers who don’t know, my second book was published last week. It’s titled Reentry, and tells the story behind the story of SpaceX’s development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The early reviews are great, and it made USA Today’s bestseller list this week.…
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Apex and Anduril Partners to Advance Space Capabilities for United States and Allies
Anduril Industries is announcing a strategic partnership with Apex, a Los Angeles-based merchant supplier of productized satellite buses, to enable rapid development and delivery of space systems for the United States and partners. Anduril will use Apex’s buses for missions where Apex’s off-the-shelf approach and scalable manufacturing enable Anduril to rapidly deliver capability to customers;…
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ULA hasn’t given up on developing a long-lived cryogenic space tug
The second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, planned for Friday morning, has a primary goal of validating the launcher’s reliability for delivering critical US military satellites to orbit. Tory Bruno, ULA’s chief executive, told reporters Wednesday that he is “supremely confident” the Vulcan rocket will succeed in accomplishing that objective. The Vulcan’s second…
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Morpheus Space Enhances JOURNEY Platform with Advanced Ground Station & Target Analytics
Morpheus Space is proud to introduce a significant update to its JOURNEY platform, designed to enhance users’ analysis around ground station contacts and target collects, not only for individual satellites but also for entire constellations. The Ground Station & Target Analytics feature offers comprehensive insights into mission performance, enabling users to monitor satellite visibility, data…
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ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly
By thirty-seven seconds after liftoff, it was clear one of two strap-on solid fuel boostersvwas suffered an anomaly as can be seen by sparks and debris falling away from the rocket. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance fired off a next-generation Vulcan rocket Friday in the second of two “certification” test flights needed before…
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ULA’s Second Vulcan Mission a Success, Despite Booster Anomaly
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the second Vulcan rocket on Friday morning. While ULA reported the launch was successful, it also reported an “observation” on one of the solid rocket boosters. A slight variation can be observed from the launch broadcast at 37 seconds into the mission. “We had an observation on one of our…
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Intellian Completes WGS Certification for Multi-Orbit Naval Terminal
Intellian Technologies received Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) certification for its ARC-M4 Block 1 multi-band, multi-orbit satellite terminal. This terminal is known as the AN/USC-75 in the JETDAS military naming system. Intellian called the terminal the “first modern hybrid Naval terminal” because it enables milsatcom/WGS and commercial assets with a single terminal. The terminal is already…
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Telespazio Wins Italian Deep Space Antenna Contract
Telespazio has won a new contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to help expand the space capacity of the ASI Sardinia Deep Space Antenna (SDSA). The SDSA already shares a portion of its systems and infrastructures with the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT), managed by the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) for the purposes of…