Tag: Launch
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Rocket Lab Wins $266 Million Space Force Deal for 12 Suborbital Launches, Anchored by New Alaska Site
The USSF award is the largest launch contract in Rocket Lab’s history and will establish a new company launch location at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska in Kodiak. The contract was awarded through Space Systems Command’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, or RSLP, which procures launch services for experimental, research and national security missions. Rocket Lab said…
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SES and Starlab Collaborate for Starlab Commercial Space Station Communications
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, and Starlab have agreed to collaborate on communication architecture to deliver continuous, resilient, low-latency connectivity services supporting the full lifecycle of Starlab’s commercial space station via its LEO Relay Services (LRS). Starlab, which is developing the commercial space station under NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development…
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Rocket Lab Secures $266 Million Defense Contract with U.S Space Force for Suborbital Launches
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems announced it has been awarded its largest launch contract to date, a $266 million multi-launch contract with the U.S. Space Force. This landmark contract further solidifies Rocket Lab’s position as a leader in launch and critical mission enabler for programs with significant national…
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Blue Origin and NASA to Test New Glenn Upper Stage at Stennis Space Center
Blue Origin and NASA signed an agreement to use the historic Thad Cochran Test Stand “B-Test Complex” at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for New Glenn second stage hotfire testing. This facility provides an additional testbed for validating our upper stage performance before flight. The B-Test Complex is part of Blue Origin’s comprehensive infrastructure…
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Amazon Files for 5,105-Satellite Direct-to-Phone Constellation, Targeting 2028 Launch
The filing builds on Amazon’s move earlier this year to acquire Globalstar’s satellite network, along with Globalstar’s existing arrangement to provide direct-to-device satellite services for Apple devices. Amazon says the new constellation will use Globalstar’s spectrum and plans to collaborate with Apple on future satellite services using the expanded network. Amazon says it plans to…
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Spire Global Advances Space Services with LEMUR Constellation and Space-Based Intelligence
Spire Global is expanding access to space through the integrated Space Services portfolio, combining satellite manufacturing, mission design, launch support, constellation operations and global ground infrastructure to help commercial organizations and government agencies rapidly deploy and operate space missions. The company provides end-to-end capabilities that enable customers to collect, process and utilize space-based data for…
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IHI Aerospace Advances Launch Vehicle Portfolio for Space Missions
IHI Aerospace is developing and manufacturing a range of launch vehicles that support commercial, government and scientific space missions, contributing to Japan’s space transportation capabilities through advanced rocket technologies and launch services. The portfolio includes the Epsilon Launch Vehicle, participation in the H-IIA & H-IIB Launch Systems, the H3 Launch Vehicle and a family of…
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Katalyst’s LINK Advances Through On-Orbit Commissioning
Katalyst Space announced that its robotic spacecraft, LINK, has established communications and completed major commissioning milestones. Following its launch and orbit insertion aboard Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket on July 3, 2026, LINK completed its initial post-launch sequence, including detumble and Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), before beginning on-orbit system checkouts. Less than a…
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China launches Tianlian II-06 data relay satellite
China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on July 23, 2026. The Tianlian II-06 satellite was launched at 8 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit. Tianlian II-06 is primarily used to provide data…
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SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean. Starship has made precise splashdowns before. This time, however, the ship gently tipped over and came to rest floating in a remote…