Tag: Launch
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ESA and ISRO Signs the New Cross-Support Agreement for Future Space Missions
ESA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will exchange navigation, operations, and data handling support on selected future space missions. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ISRO Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan met virtually on 30 July to celebrate the signing of the new cross-support arrangement and discuss wider spaceflight collaboration. Upcoming ISRO human spaceflight, lunar exploration, and solar…
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Eutelsat Successfully Launches 20 OneWeb Satellites to Expand LEO Constellation
Eutelsat Group is pleased to announce the successful launch and deployment of 20 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), further strengthening the OneWeb constellation. The satellites were launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 which lifted off at 10:13 pm PT (local) on October 19 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base…
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NRO Official Highlights Agency’s Strategic Efforts on Sustaining U.S. Intelligence Edge
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) official have discussed agency’s focus on maintaining the United States’ intelligence advantage amid rapid technological advancements and evolving threats, said a senior leader from the agency. Troy Meink, NRO’s principal deputy director, said these forces, combined with growing stakeholder demands for real-time data, have created a generational change in how…
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ESA Commissions Six More Radar Satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE Constellation
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107-Million-Euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 additional radar-based satellites dedicated to the Italian Earth observation constellation, IRIDE. This second batch of satellites, as the previous batch of six, will rely on the innovative and…
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Teledyne Supports NASA’s Europa Clipper Launch with Advanced Imaging Spectrometer
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is pleased to announce its contribution to NASA’s successful Europa Clipper launch, which took place on Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Aboard the Clipper, the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) is one of nine science instruments designed to help scientists unravel Europa’s geologic history and assess the potential habitability of…
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True Anomaly Selects Firefly Aerospace to Launch Jackal Vehicle for U.S. Space Force Mission
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, and space defense technology True Anomaly, announced a multi-launch agreement for three responsive launch missions aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The first mission will deploy the True Anomaly Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle (AOV) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission targeted…
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Axiom Space and Prada Reveals Spacesuit Design for NASA’s Artemis III mission
At the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, Axiom Space and Prada revealed for the first time for the flight design of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit that will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission. The outer-layer design and materials work was jointly developed starting when the two industry leaders came together,…
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Astroport and Orbit Fab Partners to Advance Lunar Infrastructure and Sustainable Space Exploration
Astroport Space Technologies, a provider of advanced space exploration solutions, and Orbit Fab, a pioneer in in-space refueling and resource utilization, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of lunar infrastructure and enable sustainable long-term space exploration. The two companies were announced at the 75th International Aeronautical Congress (IAC), attended by over 8,000 industry and…
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Rocket Lab Expands 2024 Electron Launch Schedule with Upcoming Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has added a last-minute Electron launch to its launch manifest for a commercial mission that is scheduled to launch in just three days’ time. The mission, called ‘Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes’, will launch to space from Rocket Lab Launch…
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Spire Global and Mission Control Announces Persistence Mission to Test AI in Space
At the International Aeronautical Congress (IAC), Spire Global, Inc. and Mission Control announced a mission to explore the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in space. The Persistence Mission is expected to showcase how AI can be reliably used onboard satellites over a long period of time to generate actionable insights in real time. Spire has…