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Firefly Aerospace Expands its Briggs, Texas Facilities to Support Medium Launch Vehicle
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, held an official ribbon cutting in celebration of the company’s Rocket Ranch expansion in Briggs, Texas. Firefly more than doubled the size of its manufacturing facilities, added two new test stands, and installed state-of-the-art machinery to support the production of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch…
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NRO Adds Umbra to Next Stage of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency uses to obtain radio satellite-based radio frequency (RF) data for intelligence collection. In early 2023, the NRO selected Maxar Technologies, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, and Spire Global for Stage II contract options under the…
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NRO Adds Umbra to Next Stage of Commercial RF Sensing Contract
Umbra on Wednesday said the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected the company for the second stage of a commercial remote sensing contract the agency uses to obtain radio satellite-based radio frequency (RF) data for intelligence collection. In early 2023, the NRO selected Maxar Technologies, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, and Spire Global for Stage II contract options under the…
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SpaceX squeezes in rare Leap Day Falcon 9 launch following Crew-8 astronaut delay
In just the fourth Leap Day launch in history, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX made the most of a weather delay to an astronaut launch from Florida’s Space Coast. The company launched a batch of Starlink satellites from pad…
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Antaris Cloud Platform to Power Almagest’s Elevation Demonstration Mission
Antaris, the leading software platform for space missions, announced that it is partnering with US-based Almagest Space Corporation and India’s XDLINX Labs to deliver the software for XDLINX’s XDSAT-NS satellite, which will be integrated with one of the world’s first miniaturized, space-grade E-band communication payload. The payload is being developed by XDLINX as part of…
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NASA and Russian Satellites Have a Close Pass in Orbit
A NASA satellite and a Russian satellite had a close pass in orbit on Wednesday morning, one that LeoLabs called “too close for comfort.” NASA reported that the Department of Defense confirmed the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission (TIMED) spacecraft and the Russian Cosmos 2221 satellite passed each other safely in orbit…
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HyImpulse SR75 Rocket Shipped to Australia for Germany’s First Private Newspace Launch
The rocket SR75 from HyImpulse has been fully prepared and packaged in time at the HyImpulse headquarters in Neuenstadt, Germany. Both the rocket and its ground support equipment have started the journey by ship through the Atlantic Ocean, around South Africa, and all the way to Southern Australia. The Koonibba test range will be the…
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Rocket Lab Grows Revenue 16% in 2023, Debuts Spacecraft Bus Lineup
Rocket Lab grew revenue 16% in 2023 year-over-year, and the company announced its fourth quarter financials on Feb. 27, along with an official lineup of its family of spacecraft buses. Rocket Lab reported $244.6 million in revenue in 2023. Space Systems contributed $172.7 million in revenue — up 15% year-over-year. Space Systems is about 71% of…
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Ascent Solar’s Space Solar Modules to Fly on NASA’s Upcoming LISA-T Mission
Ascent Solar Technologies, one of the leading U.S. innovators in the design and manufacture of featherweight, flexible, and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, announced that the Company’s solar module products will fly on NASA’s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this summer. The mission, led by NASA’s Space…
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Firefly Aerospace doubles Texas footprint to support testing of Antares 330, MLV rocket
Firefly’s new MLV manufacturing and integration building in Bertram, Texas. Image: Firefly Aerospace In the months following its fourth flight of it Alpha rocket, Firefly Aerospace continues to push forward with work on two new rockets in partnership with Northrop Grumman. On Wednesday, Firefly is set to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking a manufacturing expansion…