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Stoke Space Successfully Demonstrates Vertical Takeoff and Landing of Their Reusable Rocket
Stoke Space has successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second-stage rocket at their test site in Moses Lake, Washington. During this test, known as Hopper2, they were able to successfully launch the Hopper test vehicle to an altitude of 30 feet and land at its planned…
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Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure
A shower of sparks at the point the Electron rocket’s second stage engine was supposed to ignite. Image: Rocket Lab. A Rocket Lab Electron rocket, carrying a radar-imaging satellite for Capella Space, failed on Tuesday after a problem occurred two and half minutes into flight. It was the fourth failure in 41 flights for the…
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AWS Collaborates with ISRO and IN-SPACe to Support India’s Space-Tech Innovations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Private Limited has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to support space-tech innovations through cloud computing. This collaboration will give space startups, research institutes and students access to cutting-edge cloud technologies that accelerate…
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Sidus Space to Launch Two LizzieSats on Upcoming SpaceX Bandwagon Mission
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company has confirmed its plan to reallocate two LizzieSats to launch on an upcoming Bandwagon mission with SpaceX. The updated LizzieSat constellation configuration will advance cutting-edge Low Earth Orbit data collection and provide enhanced orbital flexibility for government and commercial customers. While initially planning to launch its first…
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This Week In Launches: SpaceX packs the week while Rocket Lab returns for another Capella mission
This Week’s Launches: September 19 Rocket Lab Electron We Will Never Desert You, 2:30 A.M. ET LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 6-17, 9:47 P.M. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida September 23 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Group 6-18, 8:06 P.M. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida…
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China launches Yaogan-39 remote sensing satellite
China on Sunday successfully launched Yaogan-39 remote sensing satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the satellite Yaogan-39 lifted off at 12:13 p.m. (Beijing Time). Sunday’s launch was the 488th mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series.
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China to launch solar probe to unexplored L5 point in 2026
China is planning to launch a solar exploration satellite to a previously unexplored orbit between the Earth and the sun in order to carry out solar probe and space weather monitoring. The appraisal work of Xihe-2 solar exploration mission to the Sun-Earth L5 Lagrangian Point are in the pipeline, said Fang Cheng, one of the…
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Intelsat Adds Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre into its Partner Teleport Network
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has added Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre in Italy into its partner teleport network, expanding to accommodate the growth of its global FlexEnterprise offering and to enable other managed satellite services. The partnership is now up…
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Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab fails during “We Will Never Desert You” launch; SpaceX launches two boosters for 17th time
The week of Sept. 18 through Sept. 24 is set to see four orbital launches, all but one of which are set to take place from US-based aerospace companies. Firstly, Rocket Lab launched its ninth Electron of 2023 on a mission dubbed “We Will Never Desert You.” However, the mission suffered a failure during staging.…
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CPI Vertex Antennentechnik to Provide Ka-band Antenna Systems for SES’s O3b mPOWER
CPI Vertex Antennentechnik, a subsidiary of Communications & Power Industries (CPI), has been selected to provide high-performance Ka-band antenna systems to SES for its O3b mPOWER communications system. These ground-based 5.5-meter Ka-band “plug and play” series tracking antennas will be used for O3b mPOWER Gateway systems. The O3b mPOWER system is SES’s second-generation medium Earth…