Tag: Launch
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Airbus Selected by Yahsat for the Construction of Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 Satellites
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider announced that it has contracted Airbus Defence and Space, a leading satellite manufacturer, for its new geostationary telecommunications satellites, Al Yah 4 (“AY4”) and Al Yah 5 (“AY5”). The significant step follows the signing of an Authorisation-to-Proceed with Airbus in Q2 2023…
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Scout Space to Launch its First Standalone Spacecraft on ABL’s RS1 Rocket
Scout Space, an in-space observation service provider focused on space security and comprehensive Space Domain Awareness (SDA), is planning to send its first standalone spacecraft to orbit aboard the third flight of ABL’s RS1 rocket this year, the space domain awareness startup announced. Meet the players: ABL, a launch startup founded by former SpaceX engineers and…
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Planet Partners with NVIDIA to Enhance Onboard Processing Capabilities for Pelican-2 Satellite
Planet Labs PBC, one of the leading providers of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA on its onboard processing capabilities for its high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite. Through this collaboration, Planet will leverage the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform for its next-generation high-resolution mission and fly the technology on its…
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NASA Announces Rollout Event for Artemis II Moon Rocket Stage
NASA will roll the fully assembled core stage for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the first crewed Artemis mission out of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in mid-July. The 212-foot-tall stage will be loaded on the agency’s Pegasus barge for delivery to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media…
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Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes 12th Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Holdings announced the completion of its second spaceflight of 2024 and 12th mission to date, carrying one researcher and three private astronauts. The ‘Galactic 07’ flight marks the Company’s seventh research mission with Virgin Galactic’s spaceship again serving as a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research. Onboard ‘Galactic 07’: Astronaut 027 – Tuva…
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Rivada Space Networks Commits to a Safe Space Environment by Signing Zero Debris Charter
Together with more than 40 companies, research centers and international organizations, Rivada Space Networks signed the Zero Debris Charter at the Berlin International Airshow (ILA). The Zero Debris Charter, unveiled at the ESA Space Summit in Seville in November 2023, is a world-leading initiative with the goal of making space missions debris neutral by 2030.…
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Rocket Lab Set to Launch Five IoT Satellites for Kinéis on 50th Electron Mission
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced the launch window for the Company’s 50th Electron launch. The mission will deploy five Internet-of-Things (IoT) satellites for French company Kinéis. The ‘No Time Toulouse’ mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a…
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Vast and ESA Sign MoU to Collaborate on Future Vast Space Stations
During ILA Berlin, ESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stations. The agreement outlines the parties’ intention to foster human spaceflight, science, technology, and commercialization development and explore collaboration in low-earth orbit destinations other than the International Space Station. The collaboration will initially focus on exploring opportunities for access to…
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Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Successfully Docks with the International Space Station
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams successfully docked Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), about 26 hours after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The astronauts monitored Starliner as it autonomously conducted a series of maneuvers to steadily bring the spacecraft closer to the orbiting laboratory before docking.…
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RTX Supplies Blue Canyon Satellites for NASA PREFIRE Polar Climate Mission
RTX’s small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, has established communication with both CubeSats for the NASA PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment) mission. The PREFIRE mission will measure the amount of heat Earth emits into space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Blue Canyon provided two heritage 6U CubeSats…