Author: starpathwp-production
-
Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft for Varda Successfully Deployed to Orbit
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced its third Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries is successfully operating on orbit. The W-3 mission launched March 14, from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:43 p.m. PDT (06:43 a.m. UTC). The new mission is underway on orbit just 15 days after…
-
Exolaunch Reaches 500th Satellite Deployed During Transporter-13 with SpaceX
Exolaunch, the global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, has successfully deployed 27 customer satellites on SpaceX‘s Transporter-13 rideshare mission, delivering nearly 1,500 kilograms of payloads into orbit for customers from fourteen countries. The mission also marked the first flight of Exolaunch’s Quadro four-point separation system, which performed flawlessly, ensuring a…
-
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites Tuesday afternoon Falcon 9 flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Starlink 12-25 mission on March 18, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit as it and NASA are in the process of returning four people from the…
-
Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery
Timothy Hinerman, a program manager at Blue Origin, polishes up the nozzle of a BE-3U rocket engine during installation at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (Museum of Flight Photo / Ted Huetter) Seattle’s Museum of Flight has brought its collection of space artifacts up to the present day, thanks to a rocket engine that’s been donated…
-
Pixxel’s Firefly Satellites Capture High-Resolution Hyperspectral Images
Pixxel’s three Firefly hyperspectral satellites have successfully captured and downlinked their ‘first light’ images, the company announced on March 18. Launched in January 2025 on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission, the three Firefly satellites produced images with 5-meter resolution across more than 150 spectral bands. The images show three regions: the River Ganga in India, the Saloum…
-
Pixxel’s Firefly Satellites Capture High-Resolution Hyperspectral Images
Pixxel’s three Firefly hyperspectral satellites have successfully captured and downlinked their ‘first light’ images, the company announced on March 18. Launched in January 2025 on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission, the three Firefly satellites produced images with 5-meter resolution across more than 150 spectral bands. The images show three regions: the River Ganga in India, the Saloum…
-
Rocket Lab Fully Completes Kinéis IoT Constellation Deployment
Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites for Kinéis, a French IoT constellation operator. The “High Five” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 9:30 p.m. EST on March 17, deploying five satellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The mission completed a five-launch deal, deploying Kinéis’ 25-satellite…
-
Cruise Operators Navigate Customers’ Insatiable Demand for Bandwidth
Providing broadband internet access for cruise ship passengers has unleashed an insatiable beast, always hungry for more and more connectivity, satellite providers and cruise operators said last week at SATELLITE. Cruise passengers will “consume as much as you give them,” said Guillermo Muniz, COO of OmniAccess, a connectivity provider for the cruise and high-end yacht…
-
Muon Space Launches FireSat Protoflight to Revolutionize Wildfire Detection
Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider, has successfully launched the FireSat Protoflight satellite, marking a significant milestone in the deployment of the FireSat constellation. This groundbreaking initiative aims to transform global wildfire detection, monitoring, and response. Designed and built by Muon Space, including its state-of-the-art six-channel multispectral infrared (IR) instrument, FireSat showcases the company’s…
-
Dream Chaser completes more pre-flight milestones
Testing continues ahead of the first flight of Dream Chaser. The so-called “mini shuttle” will be the first spacecraft to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) and then land back at the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF), formerly the Shuttle Landing Facility, since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. Tenacity, the…