Tag: Launch
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Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Successfully Demonstrates Fly-Around Observations of Space Debris
Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, a company in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, announced that its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), has achieved an unprecedented technical milestone for a commercial company: the controlled fly-around operations of the space debris (rocket upper stage) capturing…
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ESA’s Hera Satellite Trio to Use Inter-Linked Radio Technology from Tekever
ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defense involves not just one spacecraft but three: two shoebox-sized CubeSats will fly up to a few dozen kilometers from their mothership around the Didymos binary asteroid system. Keeping this trio in communication to fulfill their mission needs while ensuring their safe separation is the task of a novel inter-satellite…
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Novocomms to Develop Next-Gen Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Antenna for Use in Space
With a grant from UK agency Pivot into Space, Novocomms, a Birmingham-based antenna business, will be involved in an R&D project to develop a next-generation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) antenna system for use in space. It will be leveraging its existing antenna know-how to develop a proof-of-concept demonstrator by the end of this year.…
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Northrop Grumman’s Solid Rocket Boosters Help Launch USSF-51 National Security Mission
Five Northrop Grumman Corporation 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket boosters helped successfully launch the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-51 mission for the USSF Space Systems Command aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Five GEM 63 boosters supporting the Atlas V represents the most powerful configuration of the rocket. The boosters…
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United Launch Alliance Launches 100th National Security Mission on Atlas V Rocket
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the company’s 100th national security mission to orbit with the launch of an Atlas V rocket on July 30 at 6:45 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket, carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC),…
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Rocket Lab Finishes Integration and Testing of Twin Spacecraft for NASA’s Mars Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, has completed the integration and testing of two spacecraft destined for Mars orbit. Rocket Lab built the twin spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and NASA to enable the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE)…
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ispace-EUROPE Completes First Flight Model of Lunar Micro Rover
ispace EUROPE S.A., the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, announced today that the flight model of its European designed, manufactured, and assembled lunar micro rover has been completed and is being prepared for delivery to Japan for integration into the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander. The announcement was made by Julien Lamamy, CEO of ispace-Europe…
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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V Set to Launch USSF-51 Mission for US Space Force
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is scheduled for July 30, 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It is a classified National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Returns to Flight After Mishap Investigation
SpaceX submitted its mishap report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly on July 11, 2024. SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able to identify the most probable cause of the mishap and associated corrective actions to ensure the success of future missions. Post-flight data reviews confirmed Falcon…
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Ursa Major Opens 3D Printing Lab in Ohio to Support National Security Propulsion Technology
Ursa Major, America’s one of the leading privately funded company focusing solely on rocket propulsion, is establishing a new research-and-development center in Youngstown, Ohio, to advance additive manufacturing and materials development technology for liquid rocket engines and solid rocket motors. The center represents a capital investment of $14.5 million, which includes $4 million in assistance…