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Airbus Finalises JUICE for Jupiter Mission
The Airbus-built JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission) spacecraft will shortly leave Toulouse, France, for Kourou, French Guiana, for lift-off on an Ariane 5 in April 2023. Shipment is expected in early February. The spacecraft has been at Airbus in Toulouse since August 2021 for final assembly and testing. This included the integration of the…
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ESA Grants Swissto12 Funding for HummingSat Small GEO Product Line
SWISSto12, Switzerland’s fastest-growing aerospace company and a leading manufacturer of advanced satellite payloads and systems, announced that the HummingSat Partnership Project with the European Space Agency (ESA) is moving forward in the roll-out of the HummingSat satellite product line thanks to fresh subscriptions in excess of €30 million received at the ESA Ministerial Conference Meeting…
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Astroscale Hires Andrew Faiola for Key UK And European Role
Astroscale has appointed Andrew Faiola as its new commercial director for its U.K. and European subsidiary Astroscale Ltd, the company announced Jan. 24. He starts the role immediately. Headquartered in Japan, Astroscale has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Israel, and Singapore. Faiola has been in the industry over 20 years and worked…
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European Union Inaugurates First Mainland Orbital Launch Complex
SSC inaugurated mainland EU’s first orbital launch site: Spaceport Esrange. Before the eyes of the whole world, the ribbon was cut by the Swedish Head of State, King Carl XVI Gustaf, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson. Now begins a new era for Esrange…
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Rocket Lab’s Long-Awaited Mission Lifts Off From Virginia
Rocket Lab launched from the East Coast on Tuesday evening, in a milestone launch for the company that had been long delayed. An Electron rocket launched “Virginia Is For Launch Lovers” mission from Launch Complex 2 at at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia on Jan. 24 at…
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NASA joins forces with DARPA on effort to demonstrate nuclear rocket for Mars trips
An artist’s conception shows a nuclear-powered demonstration rocket in space. (DARPA Illustration) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating a nuclear-powered rocket that could someday send astronauts to Mars. DARPA had already been working with commercial partners — including Blue Origin, the space…
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Rocket Lab conducts first Electron launch from American soil
Rocket Lab, which has operated its Electron small-satellite launcher successfully from New Zealand since 2017, as now inaugurated its first US-based launch site. After weather and paperwork-related delays, the mission named “Virginia Is For Launch Lovers” lifted off at the opening of a two-hour window at 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC) on Tuesday, Jan. 24.…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches first mission from Virginia
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The Electron rocket will carry three radio frequency monitoring microsatellites into orbit for HawkEye 360. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately…
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Lockheed Martin Space and Full Company Sales Dip in 2022
Lockheed Martin’s Space segment reported a slight dip in net sales in 2022 compared to 2021, amid a year in which full company sales were slightly down. Lockheed Martin reported its full year 2022 results on Tuesday, reporting a 1.5% decline in sales in 2022 compared to 2021. Lockheed’s 2022 total net sales were $66…
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Warpspace Signs Deal for Mynaric Condor Mk3 Laser Terminals
Japanese space startup Warpspace has signed an order for a small number of Mynaric Condor Mk3 terminals. Warpspace plans to use the terminals to establish a commercial optical data relay network for Earth observation satellites. Product delivery is scheduled for 2023, 2024, and 2025. “Warpspace is building a highly capable optical data relay network in…