Tag: Launch
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Arianespace Ready to Lift-off Vega Rocket for Sentinel-2C’s Multispectral Imaging Mission
Arianespace is set to launch Sentinel-2C Copernicus satellite for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA). The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is ready for liftoff on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch will be on ESA WebTV…
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Gotonomi Starts Taking Orders for its UAV SATCOM Terminals After Successful Flight Trials
Gotonomi, a UAV satellite connectivity solutions provider, has announced the completion of further successful flight trials and the opening of orders for production units of all variants of its UAV satcom terminals at Commercial UAV Expo 2024 in Las Vegas. The launch marks a significant milestone, transitioning from pre-production flight development kits to type-approved, commercial…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Astronauts Ahead of September Launch
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission’s revised crew members, will launch at least by Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, previously announced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future mission. Hague and Gorbunov…
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Intuitive Machines Secures Award for NASA’s Lunar South Pole Research Delivery
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery award. Intuitive Machines of Houston will receive $116.9 million to deliver six NASA payloads to a part of the Moon where nighttime temperatures are frigid,…
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Firefly Aerospace Announces Jason Kim as New Chief Executive Officer
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced the appointment of Jason Kim as its Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2024. With more than two decades of experience in the aerospace and defense sectors, Kim brings both executive leadership and a highly technical background to Firefly, positioning the company for accelerated growth and innovation.…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper to Expand Satellite Operations at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center
Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, is expanding its footprint at Kennedy Space Center in Florida as it prepares for a full-scale deployment of its satellite constellation. Last year, Project Kuiper broke ground on a $120 million satellite processing facility, and now the team is investing another $19.5 million to expand its…
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes 26th Space Mission with Six-Person Crew
Blue Origin successfully completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th flight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included: Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, Karsen Kitchen, and Ephraim Rabin. Including this crew, New Shepard has now flown 43 people into space. Blue Origin flawlessly completed another crew mission on…
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NASA Extends Media Accreditation for Upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 Mission to ISS
NASA is extending U.S. media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, originally slated with four crew members, is…
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Redwire to Supply Advanced RF Payloads to European Defense Contractor
Redwire Corporation, a company in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has been selected to deliver radio frequency (RF) payloads for a constellation of satellites for a leading European defense contractor. Through this work Redwire will extend its established, flight-proven RF payloads to overseas customers. Redwire will provide multiple shipsets…
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NASA’s Europa Clipper Receives Record-Breaking Solar Arrays for Mission to Jupiter’s Moon
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft recently got outfitted with a set of enormous solar arrays at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration receives massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Each measuring about 46½ feet (14.2 meters) long…