Tag: Launch
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Exolaunch to Support Lunar Deployments with Hardware for Intuitive Machines IM-2 Rideshares
Exolaunch, the global leader in mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, is set to support the deployment of two rideshare payloads aboard the Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission launching no earlier than February 26, 2025, marking a historic first: Exolaunch’s debut on a lunar-bound mission. For this mission, Exolaunch is supplying its flight-proven CarboNIX separation…
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Esri Unveils Content Store for ArcGIS to Provide On-Demand GIS-Ready Imagery
Esri, the global market leader in location intelligence, is launching Content Store for ArcGIS, a new web app that simplifies the process of purchasing and integrating commercial satellite imagery. This app, developed by Esri and SkyWatch, allows organizations to buy high-quality imagery from Esri’s cornerstone partner, Maxar, as well as other leading providers. Previously, users…
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Marble Visions to Develop 3D Earth Observation Satellite Project with NTT DATA, PASCO and Canon
NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, and Marble Visions Inc., a provider of advanced Earth observation (EO) satellite services, announce that Marble Visions has commenced the development of a high-resolution, high-frequency satellite system in a joint venture between NTT DATA, PASCO CORPORATION and Canon Electronics Inc. Marble Vision’s aims to transform…
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HALO Lunar Habitat Structure Ready for Shipment to the US for Final Assembly
HALO’s (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) primary structure is ready to be packaged for shipment to the United States. After completing a series of environmental tests in Thales Alenia Space’s plant of Turin, Italy, HALO’s pressurized structure, built by our company, will be delivered to Gilbert, Arizona, where prime contractor Northrop Grumman will complete its outfitting ahead…
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Gilmour Space Sets Launch Window for Australia’s First Orbital Rocket
Gilmour Space Technologies has announced a launch window starting ‘no earlier than’ March 15 for the maiden flight of Eris, the first Australian-designed and built rocket aiming for orbit. The news follows final airspace approvals from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices Australia, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before launch. It also marks…
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Redwire’s Sentinel Cameras to Support Navigation on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Lunar Mission
Redwire Corporation, a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that its flight-proven Sentinel camera technology (SentinelCam) will launch on board Athena, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, on IM-2, the company’s second mission to the Moon. Redwire delivered Terrain Relative Navigation and Hazard Detection and Avoidance cameras from its Sentinel product…
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NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract to SpaceX
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed-price launch service task order is being awarded under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA Launch Services II contract. The total cost…
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Rocket Lab Completes Key Design Review for US Space Force VICTUS HAZE Mission
Rocket Lab National Security LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced the successful completion of its Critical Design Review (CDR) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission, VICTUS HAZE. In April 2024, Rocket Lab announced its…
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PLD Space Expands Global Reach with Second Launch Site at Etlaq Spaceport in Oman
PLD Space, an international space services company with vertical integrated engineering and manufacturing, has announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for MIURA launch vehicle family. This infrastructure joins the company’s Launch Complex at the CSG (Kourou, French Guiana), owned by CNES and ESA, thus expanding vehicle service…
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NASA Awards Delivery Order to BAE Systems for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The award made under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract, has…