Tag: Launch
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ReOrbit Selects Mynaric’s CONDOR Mk3 Terminal for UKKO Demonstration Mission
Mynaric, one of the leading providers of industrialized, cost-effective and scalable laser communications products, announced that it has been selected by ReOrbit to supply its CONDOR Mk3 terminal for the upcoming mission UKKO, aimed at demonstrating secure space-to-space and space-to-ground communication for Earth Observation. “At ReOrbit, we firmly believe that the space industry is now…
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PLD Space Announces an Investment of €10 Million in MIURA 5 Launch Complex at Guiana Space Center
The launcher company PLD Space has announced an investment of 10 million euros in MIURA 5 Launch Complex at Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), owned by the French Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA). With the first launch of its rocket at the end of 2025, PLD…
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Sidus Space Signs MOU with NamaSys to Develop a 3D Printing Satellite Manufacturing Facility
Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision space infrastructure solutions that include satellite data as a service on its proprietary orbiting platform, announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining its collaboration with NamaSys, a multi-discipline Technology & Electronic Security Consultancy for the establishment of a joint venture with a mission to build,…
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INNOSPACE Secures Multi-Launch Service Contracts to Launch Italian and Thai Satellites
INNOSPACE, a South Korean private spaceflight startup specializing in small satellite launch vehicles, announced that it has signed multi-launch service contracts for the ‘HANBIT’ small satellite launcher with two private satellite companies: CShark S.r.l. in Italy and EOS ORBIT in Thailand. INNOSPACE has taken a step toward the commercialization of its space transportation business by…
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ATLAS Space Operations Successfully Demonstrates Agility with Launch-Day Integration
SpaceX’s Transporter-10 launch was an exciting day across the space industry. The world watched and waited, cheering as spacecraft operators supported the variety of missions onboard. What the world does not often see, beneath the stars and below that glowing horizon where the contrails began, is the role that the ground segment plays in the…
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NOAA’s GOES-U Advanced Weather Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched
An advanced weather satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Lifted to space aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket, the GOES-U satellite successfully deployed its large solar array to generate electrical power and has established communications with mission operators. GOES-U is the…
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Simera Sense to Open Optical Payload Development Hub in Toulouse, Extending its Global Reach
Simera Sense, the frontrunner in end-to-end optical solutions for smaller satellites with headquarters in Belgium, is strengthening its global presence by opening an office in Toulouse, France. This move is a testament to its growth strategy, bolstered by the €13.5 million funding secured in an investment round earlier this year. The company already has 19…
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Firefly Aerospace Expands Alpha Launch Capability to Wallops Island, Virginia
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it is adding an Alpha launch capability at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia. In support of Firefly’s responsive space missions, Pad-0A will be configured to launch Alpha as early as 2025 in addition to Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) Firefly…
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Ariane 6 Successfully Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal at Europe’s Spaceport
ESA‘s first Ariane 6 rocket, to launch into space, went through its last full ‘wet dress rehearsal’ at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – it provided an exciting sneak peek of what’s to come, stopping just a few seconds before engine ignition and of course, lift-off. Similar to rehearsals carried out with a test rocket…
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L3Harris’ Advanced Imager to Launch Onboard NOAA’s Weather Monitoring Satellite
The L3Harris Technologies high-resolution weather instrument, Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), is set to launch June 25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-U satellite, strengthening the nation’s ability to rapidly detect and monitor the environment and severe weather across the Western Hemisphere. The GOES-U satellite is the fourth…