Tag: Launch
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NASA Releases Spinoff 2025 Highlighting Space Advancements and Earth Innovations
NASA has released the latest edition of Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in low Earth orbit to learn about the space environment and perform research to advance deep space exploration. Astronauts aboard the International…
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York Space Systems Launches New Commercial Services Program for National Security
York Space Systems (York), the Denver-based aerospace company dedicated to the rapid deployment of complete space mission solutions, announced a new commercial services program designed to provide the USG with critical national security capabilities as a service. This offering leverages York’s flight-proven satellite designs, originally developed for government customers and delivers them as an on-demand…
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What is a Launch Vehicle?
A launch vehicle or a carrier rocket can carry a payload or a satellite/spacecraft from the surface of the earth to the Lower earth orbit after which the payload or the satellite is deployed and will reach its intended orbit or destination. Launchpads are a primary requirement to launch spacecraft or satellites into space. Launchpads…
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What are the the Different Types of Launch Vehicles used in Space?
Launch vehicles or carrier rockets are classified mainly based on the weight of the payload which they carry. Small-lift launch Vehicles: A small-lift launch vehicle is an orbital launch vehicle that is capable of lifting 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) of payload into Low earth orbit (LEO). Examples of small lift launch vehicles are Sputnik &…
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Oso Semiconductor Secures $5.2M to Advance Beamforming Chipsets for SATCOM and 5G
Oso Semiconductor, a developer of power-efficient, high-performance, low-cost chipsets for next-generation wireless communication and sensing applications, announced it had raised an oversubscribed $5.2 million seed round. Engine Ventures led the round, with Entrada Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, and J-Ventures also participating. Oso Semiconductor will use the capital to build pre-production beamforming chipsets and evaluation systems for initial…
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Sierra Space Completes Testing of Next Generation VR35K-A Upper Stage Engine
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth, announced the successful completion of the test campaign for its fully integrated VR35K-A upper stage engine, under contract with Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL), Rocket Propulsion Division, Edwards, Air Force Base in California,…
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ESA Awards Redwire Space Contract to Lead Study for the Next Dark Matter Mission
Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced it has been awarded a study contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the preliminary spacecraft design for an upcoming astrophysics mission that will image faint galaxies in the nearby universe and provide insight into the nature of dark matter. Redwire’s…
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Rocket Lab Deploys Third In-Orbit Manufacturing Spacecraft for Varda Space
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced it has delivered another Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, to Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in preparation for launch. It’s Rocket Lab’s third Pioneer spacecraft produced for Varda, and the second the Company has delivered for launch within a month. The…
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Airbus Secures UK MOD Contract to Develop Oberon SAR Satellites
Airbus has been awarded the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Oberon contract to design and build two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites with day-and-night, all-weather, space-based ‘Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance’ (ISR) capability. The two Oberon satellites will boast active, ultra-high resolution SAR, providing freedom of action to the UK MOD and a greater operational capability…
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Sidus Space Announces Successful Completion of Integration of LizzieSat-3
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the successful completion of integration with the launch vehicle for LizzieSat-3 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat-3 has been turned over to SpaceX and is ready for launch no earlier than the first quarter of 2025 as part of…