Tag: Launch Vehicle Platforms
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True Anomaly Selects Firefly Aerospace to Launch Jackal Vehicle for U.S. Space Force Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, and space defense technology True Anomaly, announced a multi-launch agreement for three responsive launch missions aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The first mission will deploy the True Anomaly Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission targeted…
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Rocket Lab Expands 2024 Electron Launch Schedule with Upcoming Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has added a last-minute Electron launch to its launch manifest for a commercial mission that is scheduled to launch in just three days’ time. The mission, called ‘Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes’, will launch to space from Rocket Lab Launch…
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UAE Space Agency Partners with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Emirati Mission Launch
The UAE Space Agency has formalized an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a renowned global industrial group and trusted provider of the H-IIA and H-IIB Launch Vehicles. This partnership will provide launch services for the UAE’s landmark endeavor, the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) by H3 launch vehicle in 2028. The UAE Space…
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Impulse Space Secures $34.5M Contract from SSC for VICTUS SURGO and VICTUS SALO Missions
Impulse Space, a company in the development of in-space transportation services, announced it has been awarded a $34.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Safari Office, in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The contract is in support of…
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second Certification Flight of Vulcan Rocket
United Launch Alliance ushers in a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its second certification flight (Cert-2) of the next generation Vulcan rocket on Oct. 4 at 7:25 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. “The success of Vulcan’s second certification flight heralds a new age…
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New Glenn’s Second Stage Completes Hotfire Test Ahead of November Launch from Cape Canaveral
New Glenn’s second stage (GS2) successfully completed a risk reduction hotfire test, a milestone on our road to the first flight, scheduled for launch in November, from Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL. NG-1 will carry Blue Ring technology as its first manifested payload. The hotfire lasted 15 seconds and marked the first time…
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Arianespace Ready to Lift-off Vega Rocket for Sentinel-2C’s Multispectral Imaging Mission
Arianespace is set to launch Sentinel-2C Copernicus satellite for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA). The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is ready for liftoff on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be on ESA WebTV…
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Impulse Space Secures $60M STRATFI Award to Advance Helios for Responsive GEO Capabilities
Impulse Space announced its selection by SpaceWERX, sponsored by U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Space Safari Office, for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) award with the value of $60M between government funds, matching Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds, and private funds. The work will focus on the company’s high-performance kick stage,…
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Firefly Aerospace Signs Multi-Launch Agreement with L3Harris for up to 20 Alpha Launches
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed a multi-launch agreement with L3Harris Technologies for up to 20 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket, including two to four missions per year from 2027 to 2031 depending on customer needs. The new agreement is in addition to Firefly’s existing multi-launch agreement with L3Harris for…
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Sierra Space Begins Final Testing for Dream Chaser at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Sierra Space, a commercial space-tech company that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced that final testing and launch preparations for its Dream Chaser spaceplane and Shooting Star cargo module have commenced at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the company’s inaugural mission to resupply the International Space…