Tag: Launch
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SpaceX Starship Achieves Key Milestones with Fourth Successful Flight Test
SpaceX Starship’s fourth flight test launched with ambitious goals, attempting to go farther than any previous test before and begin demonstrating capabilities central to the return and reuse of Starship and Super Heavy. The payload for this test was the data. On June 6, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at 7:50 a.m. CT from Starbase…
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Planet’s First Hyperspectral Satellite Set for Launch on SpaceX Transporter-11 Mission
Planet Labs PBC, one of the leading providers of daily Earth data and insights, announced that its first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1—made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition and its philanthropic partners—is ready for launch. The spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 3rd in preparation for liftoff as early as July on board…
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SES Space & Defense Successfully Demonstrates Commercial LEO Space Data Relay Services
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has announced the successful demonstration of the first multi-orbit, multi-band commercial space relay service in support of the NASA Communications Services Project (CSP). To demonstrate data relay services, SES Space & Defense partnered with Planet Labs, one of the leading providers of global daily Earth data…
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Redwire Begins Construction on Advanced Payload Development Facility in Floyd County, Indiana
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced that it has officially broken ground on the company’s 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art microgravity payload development and space operations facility at the Novaparke Innovation & Technology Campus in Floyd County, Indiana. Redwire executives were joined by Representative Erin Houchin,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Second Satellite for NASA’s Climate Science Mission
Rocket Lab USA, one of the global leaders in launch services and space systems, successfully completed the second of two Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission, completing a turnaround of two launches within eleven days. ‘PREFIRE and Ice’ lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in…
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Slingshot Aerospace and DARPA Develop AI System for Anomalous Satellite Detection
Slingshot Aerospace, one of the leaders in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, announced it has worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to successfully create a new artificial intelligence (AI) system, called Agatha, to produce space domain awareness insights and find anomalous spacecraft in large…
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Firefly Aerospace Signs Agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 Alpha Rocket Launches
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed a multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket through 2029. This agreement commits Lockheed Martin to 15 launch reservations and 10 optional launches. “Firefly is honored to continue this partnership with Lockheed Martin and appreciates their confidence in our rapid launch…
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NASA Astronauts Launch to the Space Station on First Crewed Starliner Test Flight
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the astronauts lifted off at 10:52 a.m. EDT on June 5, 2024, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket…
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True Anomaly Secures $1.6 Million Space Force Contract to Further Security in Space Domain
True Anomaly, the technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space, announced it has been awarded a $1.6M Direct-to-Phase II contract by SpaceWERX focused on Tactically Responsive Space (“TacRS”). Under this contract, the company will be tasked to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the…
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Eutelsat Group’s LEO Satellites Achieve Platinum Score in Space Sustainability Rating
Eutelsat Group, has announced that its first generation of more than 600 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has achieved a platinum rating in the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR), marking a significant recognition of the company’s commitment to responsible space utilization. First imagined at the World Economic Forum (WEF), the rating’s aim is to reduce…