Tag: Launch
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NASA Secures Data Before Intuitive Machines Ends Lunar Mission
Intuitive Machines, an American space exploration company, has collected some data for the agency before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m. CST Friday, shortly after touching down inside a crater on the Moon, carrying NASA technology and science on its IM-2 mission. As part of the company’s second Moon delivery for NASA…
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Firefly Aerospace to Launch Alpha FLTA006 for Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 Spacecraft by March 15
Following a successful rocket static fire test, Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, announced its Alpha Flight 6 (FLTA006) mission, called Message in a Booster, is scheduled to launch Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 spacecraft no earlier than March 15. The 52-minute launch window will open at 6:25 am PDT. “The Firefly team…
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Planet Labs Expands Partnership with Bayer for Satellite-Powered Agriculture
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced an expanded relationship with Bayer through a multi-year enterprise license agreement. This agreement increases Bayer’s access to Planet’s satellite imagery and analytics, expanding into commercial operations and enabling enhanced decision-making across its global agricultural operations. By leveraging a suite…
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The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure
SpaceX’s Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk’s rocket program after a failure under similar circumstances less than two months ago. Starship and its Super Heavy booster, loaded with millions of pounds of methane and liquid oxygen propellants, lumbered…
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Ariane 6 Successfully Launches CSO-3 Satellite on First Commercial Mission
On March 6, 2025 at 1:24 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (4:24 p.m. UTC, 5:24 p.m. CET), Ariane 6, the new European heavy-lift launcher operated by Arianespace, lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying the CSO-3 satellite on behalf of the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French space agency (CNES), for the…
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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket lifted off Thursday from French Guiana and deployed a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite into orbit for the French military, notching a success on its first operational flight. The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine…
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Apex’s First Aries Satellite Achieves One Full Year On-Orbit Milestone
Apex‘s first Aries spacecraft mission, Aries Serial Number One (SN1), surpassed one year on-orbit of nominal operations. The anniversary is a major milestone for Apex, the leading high-rate configurable satellite bus platform manufacturer, and for the space industrial base, which now has a new high-rate supplier they can depend on. Aries SN1 is the fastest…
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ICEYE and Saab Partner to Enhance Space-Based Radar in Command Systems
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, and Saab announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the development and integration of advanced space-based radar data in Saab’s Command and Control Systems (C2). Space-based sensor capabilities are becoming crucial for modern militaries, providing access to critical information in challenging environments. This…
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Firefly Aerospace Secures NASA Contract to Launch INCUS Mission from Wallops
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, announced the company was awarded a fixed-price NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract for a dedicated Alpha launch of the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. As part of NASA’s Earth System Science Pathfinder program,…
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NASA Announces Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Second Private Moon Landing
Intuitive Machines, carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander is slated to land in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and…