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Firefly Secures $179.6 M Million NASA Contract for Lunar Payload Delivery to Gruithuisen Domes
Firefly Aerospace, the company in end-to-end responsive space services, was awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload (CLPS) initiative, the mission will utilize Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, Elytra Dark…
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Vast Partners With SpaceX to Launch Two Human Spaceflight Missions to the ISS
Vast, the pioneering space habitation technology company building Haven-1, which is expected to become the world’s first commercial station when it launches in 2025, announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch up to two Dragon missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in support of Vast’s future bid for NASA’s private astronaut missions (PAM).…
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Space Flight Laboratory Confirms Successful Launch and Deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 11
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirmed that HawkEye 360 Cluster 11 has been successfully launched and deployed in orbit. The three-satellite Cluster is the fourth integrated by HawkEye 360 at its Virginia facility under the SFL Flex Production Program. Cluster 11 launched into a sun-synchronous orbit on December 21, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Synspective’s StriX Satellite in 16th Mission of 2024
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it completed the Company’s 16th launch for the year, deploying a satellite for Japanese Earth-observation constellation operator Synspective. The “Owl The Way Up” mission lifted from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on 22 December at 03:17 NZT deploying…
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UK Companies Form Regulatory Sandbox for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations
A new consortium in the United Kingdom made up of D-Orbit, Astroscale, and ClearSpace is working to improve regulations for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO). The U.K. government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is funding the consortium about $865,000 (691,000 pounds) for a regulatory sandbox project. With this funding, the regulatory sandbox plans…
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How might NASA change under Trump? Here’s what is being discussed
Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive orders for changes to space policy under the Trump Administration. Sources familiar with the five people on the team, who have spent the last six weeks assessing the space agency and its exploration plans, were…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX, China, and Russia maintain busy launch manifests through the holidays
At the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts worldwide. There was no let-up during the holiday period, with six further launch attempts taking place. The SpaceX launch manifest for this week included a single customer payload and three batches of Starlink satellites. SpaceX’s target of 136 launches for…
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Eutelsat Selects Airbus to Build 100 Satellites for OneWeb LEO Constellation Expansion
Eutelsat Group has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. Under a contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of the extension, totaling 100 satellites, with delivery targeted at the end of the calendar 2026, ensuring continuity and enhancement of…
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Synspective Ends 2024 With Public Listing in Japan and a Dedicated Launch
Japanese satellite company Synspective ended 2024 with a public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market and a dedicated satellite launch on Dec. 21. Rocket Lab launched a single StriX synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for Synspective from New Zealand on Dec. 21. This is Synspective’s sixth satellite. Rocket Lab has launched every one of…