Tag: Launch
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SpaceX launches another bundle of Starlink internet satellites
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-10 mission at 4:01 p.m. EDT (2001 GMT) on March 29 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending] SpaceX delivered 56…
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Lockheed Martin and InnoFlight Partner to Supply Avionics for 42 Space Vehicles
After teaming with Innoflight on T0TL, Lockheed Martin and Terran Orbital are teaming again with Innoflight as a strategic avionics supplier for the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) program. Last year, SDA announced the award of three prototype agreements worth approximately $1.8 billion to establish the foundation for T1TL, a mesh network of 126…
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Blue Origin Reveals New Shepard Mishap Due to Engine Nozzle Failure
Blue Origin’s NS-23 mishap was direct cause of thermo-structural failure of the engine nozzle. The resulting thrust misalignment properly triggered the Crew Capsule escape system, which functioned as designed throughout the flight. The Crew Capsule and all payloads onboard landed safely and will be flown again. All systems designed to protect public safety functioned as…
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SkyNet de Colombia Chooses Space Bridge to Upgrade its Satellite Service Infrastructure
Space Bridge, a designer and manufacturer of broadband VSAT platforms and satellite communications systems announced that one of Colombia’s leading satellite telecommunications service providers, SkyNet de Colombia, selected Space Bridge technology as a satellite equipment provider to modernize its ground equipment infrastructure for satellite services delivery in Colombia. Space Bridge’s VSAT satellite platform ASAT II…
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36 OneWeb Satellites Launched Successfully with ISRO/NSIL Marking Key Milestone to Global Connectivity
OneWeb confirmed the successful deployment and contact of 36 satellites launched by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India. Lift-off took place on Sunday, 26 March 2023 at 9:00am local time. OneWeb’s satellites separated successfully from the rocket and were dispensed in nine phases over a period of…
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56 Starlink Internet Satellites Launched by SpaceX
SpaceX launched its 20th mission of the year, sending 56 of its Starlink internet satellites skyward and landing the returning rocket on a ship at sea. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 56 Starlink spacecraft lifted off Friday at 11:43 a.m. EDT from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage…
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Ursa Major Successfully Completes Hotfire Test Campaign of Ripley Engine
Ursa Major, America’s leading privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, today announced a milestone in the development of its redesigned 50,000-POUND THRUST “Ripley” rocket engine: successful hot fire tests. The test campaign showed the integrated Ripley engine including turbomachinery, oxidizer-rich pre-burner, and additive-manufactured copper thrust chamber assembly firing as a complete system in…
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Blue Origin blames September New Shepard abort on engine nozzle failure
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The BE-3 main engine on Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster fails about a minute after liftoff Sept. 12 on an uncrewed suborbital flight. Credit: Blue Origin Structural failure of the nozzle at the base of a rocket engine powering an unpiloted New Shepard spacecraft toward the edge of…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 35th Electron Setting a New Record for Fastest Launch Turnaround
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, announced it has successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand, deploying two multi-spectral Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit for BlackSky through launch services provider Spaceflight, Inc. The mission took place just seven days following the Company’s previous Electron mission…
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Spirit AeroSystems Collaborates with Astraius to Boost UK Launch Ambitions
Spirit AeroSystems and Astraius announced a collaboration to enhance future satellite launch capabilities from Prestwick Spaceport. During a visit to the Spaceport by Scottish Government Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism, and Enterprise Ivan McKee, the companies commemorated the announcement with a signing ceremony. Prestwick Spaceport, a joint partnership between Glasgow Prestwick Airport and South Ayrshire…