Tag: Launch
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The US Space Force announced Friday it selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for $13.7 billion in contracts to deliver the Pentagon’s most critical military satellites to orbit into the early 2030s. These missions will launch the government’s heaviest national security satellites, like the National Reconnaissance Office’s large, bus-sized spy platforms, and deploy…
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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider
The US Space Force announced Friday it selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin for $13.7 billion in contracts to deliver the Pentagon’s most critical military satellites to orbit into the early 2030s. These missions will launch the government’s heaviest national security satellites, like the National Reconnaissance Office’s large, bus-sized spy platforms, and deploy…
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Rocket Lab Unveils Expanded Frontier RF Radios for Secure Space Communications
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, introduced its expanded suite of space-grade radio frequency (RF) communications systems, the Frontier radios. The Frontier radio is flight-proven, software-defined, and designed for reliable telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C). Adapted from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Frontier Lite radio, Rocket Lab’s…
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Stoke Space Selected for U S Space Force’s $5.6B NSSL Phase 3 Program
The United States Space Force has selected Stoke Space to participate in its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program, designed to expand its capacity to deliver critical space launch capabilities. The award enables Stoke to compete for a total of $5.6B in national security launch contracts using its 100% reusable Nova…
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SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s enormous booster. The most visible sign of SpaceX making headway with Starship’s first stage—called Super Heavy—came at 9:40 am local time (10:40 am EDT; 14:40 UTC) Thursday at the company’s Starbase launch site in South…
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SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX is having trouble with Starship’s upper stage after back-to-back failures, but engineers are making remarkable progress with the rocket’s enormous booster. The most visible sign of SpaceX making headway with Starship’s first stage—called Super Heavy—came at 9:40 am local time (10:40 am EDT; 14:40 UTC) Thursday at the company’s Starbase launch site in South…
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Portal Space Systems Secures $17.5M to Develop Next-Gen Trans-Orbital Spacecraft
Portal Space Systems, a Seattle-based space start-up developing next-generation satellite systems, announced that it has closed an oversubscribed $17.5 million seed round to accelerate the development of Supernova, the first multi-role, trans-orbital spacecraft engineered for contested and congested space environments. The round is led by AlleyCorp, with participation from Mach33, FUSE, First In, TFX, Offline Ventures, Atypical,…
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Project Kuiper’s First Full-Scale Satellite Launch by United Launch Alliance
Project Kuiper, a mission by Amazon, is set to send its first full batch of satellites to space, marking an important step in its mission to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world. The mission, named “KA-01” for Kuiper Atlas 1, will launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V…
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Vast and NASA Signs Agreement to test Haven-1 at Armstrong Test Facility
Vast and NASA have signed an agreement to allow Vast to perform the final environmental test campaign of the Haven-1 flight-ready station at NASA’s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Haven-1 testing will occur at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility’s Space Environments Complex, home to some of the world’s largest and…
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United Launch Alliance Advances Space Access with its Launch Services
United Launch Alliance (ULA), a leading provider of reliable launch services headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is harnessing the potential of space for humanity. The company is pioneering with a group of dreamers inspired by possibilities, believers driven to broaden horizons, and doers combining technology, innovation, expertise, ingenuity and a commitment to the extraordinary. Combining more…