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OneWeb completes initial constellation with launch from India
OneWeb has finished its initial satellite constellation buildout, as India and its space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), made its second orbital flight of 2023 by flying 36 of the company’s satellites aboard its LVM3 (previously known as the GSLV Mk III) launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch occurred…
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Mitsubishi Electric Secures Contract for Building Japan’s Next Weather Satellite
Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has won the contract to build the nation’s newest geostationary meteorological satellite, from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). This satellite is known as the Himawari-10, which will be company’s fourth consecutive Himawari model. This model is expected to enhance weather disaster prevention. The Himawari-10 is a successor to the Himawari-8…
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NASA Awards Redwire $5.9M for In-Space Manufacturing FabLab System
NASA has awarded Redwire $5.9 million to complete the design of FabLab, an in-space manufacturing system. FabLab is designed to be tested onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and advance in-space manufacturing ahead of Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars. FabLab is a multi-material 3D printer that will allow future NASA crews in deep…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 34th Electron Rocket and Second Mission from Virginia Launch Site
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced it has successfully launched its 34th Electron rocket and second mission from its launch site on Wallops Island, Virginia deploying two spacecraft to low Earth orbit for Capella Space. The “Stronger Together” mission lifted off at 22:38 UTC, March 16, 2023, from…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites from New Zealand
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1B on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand with the two BlackSky commercial Earth-imaging satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 20 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this…
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Falcon 9 deploys 56 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s 20th launch of the year
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket heads downrange after liftoff Friday morning from Cape Canaveral. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography SpaceX continued launching satellites for the Starlink internet network Friday, sending a Falcon 9 rocket aloft from Cape Canaveral with 56 more older-generation broadband spacecraft as ground teams troubleshoot problems with a batch…
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Rocket Lab Sets Mission Turnaround Record With BlackSky Launch
Rocket Lab set a new record for turnaround time between missions after it launched two Electron missions seven days apart from two different hemispheres. Rocket Lab completed a successful mission for customer BlackSky late Friday night in New Zealand, launching an Electron rocket at 10:14 p.m. local time, 5:14 a.m. EDT. This mission was seven…
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SpaceX keeping up cadence with Starlink Group 5-5 mission
SpaceX’s 20th mission of the year launched on Friday, March 24, sending another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). The mission, named Starlink Group 5-5, lifted off at 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. The weather forecast released by…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink internet satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on the Starlink 5-5 mission with 56 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending]
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Blue Origin traces launch failure to engine nozzle and says flights will resume ‘soon’
The booster for Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship flares during last year’s ascent. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says a launch anomaly that forced the suspension of its suborbital spaceflights last September was caused by a structural failure of the rocket engine’s nozzle. Corrective actions are being taken, and flights…