Tag: Launch
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Rocket Factory Augsburg AG and SaxaVord Spaceport Announces Launch Operations Partnership
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) and SaxaVord Spaceport has announced their launch operations partnership. RFA will have exclusive access to Launch Pad Fredo for orbital launches, meaning the company’s first launch of its RFA ONE launch system – currently planned for the end of 2023 – will take place from the northernmost…
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Rocket Lab Announces New Dates for First Electron Launch From US Soil
Rocket Lab USA, a leading launch and space systems company, announced the launch window for its first Electron mission from U.S. soil is scheduled to open on January 23, 2023, with back-up dates extending through early February. The daily launch opportunity runs from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST (23:00 – 1:00 UTC). The “Virginia…
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Britain’s Historic Satellite Launch Ends in Failure due to ‘Anomaly’
The historic first attempt to launch satellites from British soil reached space but ultimately fell short of reaching its target orbit. After successfully taking off from the runway at Spaceport Cornwall which just a few weeks ago was transformed from a mere slab of empty cement at a commercial airport to the world’s newest space…
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Norwegian-Dutch Nanosatellites Successfully Launched by SpaceX
Two Norwegian-Dutch nanosatellites were successfully launched. “Birkeland” and “Huygens” were placed in orbit around the earth by the company SpaceX. MilSpace2 is a cooperation project between the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research…
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Advanced Space Awards Contract to General Atomics for AFRL Oracle Program
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it is under contract with Advanced Space LLC to build an ESPA-Grande class satellite, perform payload integration, and space vehicle test for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Oracle spacecraft program. Oracle will demonstrate space situational awareness and Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) techniques using advanced technologies capable…
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Unseenlabs Launches its Eighth Space-based RF Detection Satellite for Maritime Surveillance
Unseenlabs one of the world leaders in space-based RF detection for maritime domain awareness—successfully launched their eighth satellite dedicated to the geolocation of vessels at sea from space. BRO-8 was launched with Exolaunch as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Communication with the satellite was successfully established a few hours after launch.…
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Lynk Deploys Two More Satellites in its Cell Towers-in-Space Constellation for Extended Coverage
Lynk Global (Lynk), a satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, has announced the successful launch and deployment of two more satellites in the company’s commercial cell-towers-in-space constellation. These satellites are covered by the world’s first and only commercial satellite-direct-to-standard-phone license that Lynk received from the FCC in September 2022. Another unique capability that Lynk demonstrated during this launch…
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EOSDA Launches its First Agri-Focused Satellite from a SpaceX Rocket
EOS SAT-1, the initial satellite of EOS SAT, the first agri-focused satellite constellation launched by a remote sensing company, was successfully delivered into a low Earth orbit by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. EOS SAT is a constellation consisting of seven small optical satellites created by EOS…
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SES Announces that SES-20 Satellite has Arrived at Targeted Location
SES announced that the new SES-20 satellite has arrived at the 103 degrees West orbital slot and will serve as an in-orbit spare satellite to provide contractual service protections to customers who receive video services via C-band in the United States. SES-20 is part of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program to clear a portion…
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Satellogic Announces Successful Expansion of Aleph-1 Constellation
Satellogic, one of the leaders in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation (“EO”) data collection, announced the successful deployment of four satellites, launched with SpaceX at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Each of the spacecraft has made contact with Satellogic’s ground station network and confirmed good health across all subsystems. The SpaceX Transporter-6 mission was completed Tuesday…