Tag: Launch
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ispace-EUROPE and Italian Space Signs Agreement to Transport LaRA2 on the Moon Surface
ispace EUROPE S.A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have signed a payload services agreement to transport a Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA2) to enable accurate position measurements on the Moon via laser ranging experiments, the two organizations announced. The agreement marks the first full-scale contract between ispace-EUROPE and ASI, with…
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L3Harris Propulsion Powers NASA’s Parker Solar Probe for Close Encounter with the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft propelled by L3Harris propulsion will fly within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24, 2024. With an assist from onboard thrusters supplied by L3Harris, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is on its way to its closest encounter with the Sun, the first of at least three such passes…
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Space Sustainability Consortium Secures UK Funding to Advance RPO Technologies
ClearSpace, Astroscale and D-Orbit have jointly secured GBP 691,000 from the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) for a Regulatory Sandbox project to test innovative Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) missions, help the regulators understand these emerging technologies and their implications, and ultimately inform and enable regulation for such novel space activities…
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Redwire’s Arthrospira C Launched to ISS to Advance Life Support and Food Production in Space
Arthrospira C, an instrument designed and built by Redwire for the European Space Agency (ESA), uses cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp. strain PCC8005, commonly known as Spirulina, for carbon dioxide and nitrate removal, along with oxygen and biomass production. On November 2024, Arthrospira C launched to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard SpaceX-31. The instrument is being…
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Exolaunch Completes Integration of 35 Satellites for Deployment on SpaceX Transporter-12 Mission
Exolaunch, a global company in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, announces the successful integration of its customers’ satellites for the upcoming Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX. Following the success of Transporter-11, Exolaunch’s largest and 30th mission to date, the company is building on this achievement as it pushes forward with its next…
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True Anomaly Successfully Launches and Operates Jackal Satellite in Mission X-2
True Anomaly Inc., the defense technology company developing advanced space superiority systems, announced the successful launch and command and control of its Jackal spacecraft. Nine months after its first flight test, the company’s Jackal AOV was successfully deployed into orbit as part of SpaceX’s Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA. Mission X-2…
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ICEYE Extends Earth Observation Capabilities with Launch of Two SAR Satellites
ICEYE, the global company in SAR satellite operations for Earth Observation and persistent monitoring, announced that it has launched two new satellites to its constellation of SAR satellites. Both satellites expand the availability of ICEYE’s latest imaging technology to deliver additional 25 cm imaging capacity. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and launched as part…
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Sidus Space Successfully Launches LizzieSat-2 on SpaceX Bandwagon-2 Mission
Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, announced the successful launch and deployment of LizzieSat-2 into low Earth orbit as part of the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission with SpaceX, which launched on December 21, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The successful deployment of LizzieSat-2, less than nine months after the launch of…
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Firefly Secures $179.6 M Million NASA Contract for Lunar Payload Delivery to Gruithuisen Domes
Firefly Aerospace, the company in end-to-end responsive space services, was awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA contract to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload (CLPS) initiative, the mission will utilize Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, Elytra Dark…
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Vast Partners With SpaceX to Launch Two Human Spaceflight Missions to the ISS
Vast, the pioneering space habitation technology company building Haven-1, which is expected to become the world’s first commercial station when it launches in 2025, announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch up to two Dragon missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in support of Vast’s future bid for NASA’s private astronaut missions (PAM).…