Tag: Launch
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Airbus-Built Biomass Satellite Ships to Kourou for ESA’s Forest Monitoring Mission
Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch. Biomass, an Earth Explorer satellite, is ESA’s flagship mission to measure forest biomass to assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes from an altitude of 666km above the Earth. The spacecraft will carry…
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Isar Aerospace Prepares for First Spectrum Launch After Successful Static Fire Tests
Satellite launch service company Isar Aerospace is preparing for its first test flight, having completed static firings of both stages of its launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’. The first flight will take place from Andøya Spaceport in Norway as soon as possible following Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) approval and licensing. On February 14, Isar Aerospace completed…
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L3Harris Completes Assembly of the First RS-25 Engine for NASA’s Artemis V Mission
Preparations are underway for NASA’s Artemis V mission, with the first RS-25 engine for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket now fully assembled at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The engine is one of four new RS-25s that will help power the core stage of the heavy-lift exploration rocket during the Artemis V mission.…
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Gilat Launches Dedicated Defense Division to Advance Mission-Critical SATCOM Solutions
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd, a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced the formation of its new Defense Division, a strategic move designed to target the increasing demand for government and defense SATCOM solutions. Gilad Landsberg has been appointed President of Gilat’s Defense Division, bringing over 20 years of experience in the…
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Valkyrie Creates History with First-Ever Knowledge Graph Database on the Moon
Valkyrie, a leading applied sciences lab, has announced a groundbreaking achievement in space technology: the launch of the first-ever knowledge graph database beyond Earth’s atmosphere. On February 26, 2025, Valkyrie’s revolutionary knowledge graph technology will embark on its journey to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machine’s IM-2 Mission as a part of the Athena Mission Launch from…
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Marotta Controls Delivers 50,000th CoRe Series Solenoid Valve to Rocket Lab
Marotta Controls, a rapidly growing aerospace and defense supplier, announced a significant milestone with the delivery of its 50,000th CoRe Flow Control valve to Rocket Lab, a global leader in launch services and space systems. Developed by Marotta and launched in 2018, the CoRe product line features a series of commercially available and reusable solenoid…
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NASA to Host Briefings on Expedition 73 and Upcoming Crew Missions to ISS
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming Expedition 73 mission aboard the International Space Station during news conferences on Monday, Feb. 24, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will participate in an overview news conference at 2 p.m. EST on NASA+, covering preparations for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch in March and…
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Columbia Sportswear and Intuitive Machines Expands Partnership for Next Lunar Mission
Columbia Sportswear continues to test the limits of its innovative technologies by expanding its partnership with space exploration company Intuitive Machines ahead of its historic second lunar launch later this month. Columbia’s Omni-Heat Infinity and Omni-Shade Sun Deflector technologies will help protect the lander from the extreme cold and hot temperatures in space and on…
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NASA to Provide Live Coverage of SPHEREx and PUNCH Mission Launch
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer), the agency’s newest space telescope. This will lift off with another NASA mission, Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, which will study the Sun’s solar wind. The…
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SuperSharp Selects NanoAvionics’ Microsatellite Platform for Blue Moon Mission
UK-based SuperSharp, part of the Satlantis group, has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics’s MP42 microsatellite platform for a first-of-its-kind Thermal InfraRed (TIR) mission called Blue Moon. The mission will embark SuperSharp’s flagship instrument HIBISCUS, an 80kg payload, onboard NanoAvionics’ flight-proven MP42 satellite bus. The launch is scheduled for the second half of 2026 onboard a SpaceX’s Transporter rideshare service.…