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Rocket Lab Partners With KSAT to Streamline Ground Station Service
Rocket Lab is working with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) for a new global ground station service for Rocket Lab’s launch customers. KSAT is currently the sole provider of ground station services for Rocket Lab’s missions. In advance of the first launch of Rocket Lab’s next rocket Neutron and missions for Varda Space Industries that will…
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As it happened: NASA discusses ISS schedule shuffle, SpaceX Crew-9 launch delay, Boeing Starliner questions
NASA officials aim to add context to some of its recent changes to the manifest of the International Space Station. It will host a media teleconference on Wednesday, Aug. 7, to discuss the timelines of the SpaceX Crew-9 launch, the Crew-8 return to Earth and the impacts to the schedule from the ongoing Boeing Starliner…
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Muon Space Secures Funding to Expand its LEO Satellites and Halo Platform
Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates mission-tailored low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, is proud to announce the successful completion of $56.7 million Series B funding round led by Activate Capital. Acme Capital and existing investors Costanoa Ventures, Radical Ventures, and Congruent Ventures all joined the round. This equity financing…
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NASA chief will make the final decision on how Starliner crew flies home
NASA on Tuesday confirmed that it is delaying the launch of its next astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Crew 9, until at least September 24. This is a significant slip from the previous date of August 18. The space agency said the delay was necessary for “operational flexibility” as it continues to deliberate…
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From Star City to Cape Canaveral, how a cosmonaut trains for a SpaceX flight
Although US astronauts are able to launch from Florida, some American astronauts still launch aboard Soyuz. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, an American, is aboard the ISS as of this writing, arriving after a liftoff from Kazakhstan on Soyuz MS-25. NASA and Roscosmos recently reached an agreement for a ride share, allowing one open seat for astronauts…
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GHGSat Awards Contract to SFL to Develop Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Microsatellites
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has been contracted by GHGSat of Montreal to develop two additional greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites – GHGSat-C12 and C13. SFL will develop the new satellites on its low-cost, high-performance 15-kg NEMO bus, the same one used to build the first nine GHGSat spacecraft. SFL announced the contract win at the 2024…
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NASA pushes Crew-9 launch to September amid uncertainty of Starliner’s return timeline
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station poses during training at SpaceX’s Hawthorne facility. Image: SpaceX NASA is delaying the launch of the next space station crew as it continues to work through thruster issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. In a blog post, the agency said the launch of the…
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Space Systems Command Approves Orbit Fab Refueling Interface for Military Satellites
Orbit Fab has received a critical approval from the U.S. Space Force that its refueling interface is approved for military services. The company announced Monday that its RAFTI (Rapidly Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface) refueling port was designated by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) as a refueling interface for in-space fueling of military…
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GHGSat Orders 2 More Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellites from Space Flight Laboratory
GHGSat has contracted Space Flight Laboratory to build two additional greenhouse gas monitoring satellites for the company’s constellation. The satellites, announced Monday, will be based on the SFL 15-kg NEMO satellite bus, the same platform used to build the first nine GHGSat spacecraft. SFL built GHGSat’s demonstration satellite which launched in 2016 and built eight…
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Magdrive Signs Contract with D-Orbit to Test Their Electrical Propulsion System
Magdrive, a space startup focusing on innovative electrical propulsion systems, and D-Orbit, market leader in the space logistics industry, has announced a collaboration for Magdrive’s first in-orbit demonstration mission of the Magdrive Rogue propulsion thruster, slated for a June 2025 launch, on the first day of the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah. “We are…