Tag: Launch
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Isar Aerospace and ESA Sign Contract to Launch Mission Under the EU Horizon Program
Isar Aerospace has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch the ΣYNDEO-3 mission under the European Union’s In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation Programme (IOD/IOV). The launch will be carried out from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway from Q4 2026. “Our launch manifest is filling rapidly, as…
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Arianespace Successfully Launches KOMPSAT-7 on Vega C Rocket
Arianespace successfully launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission, called “VV28”, was performed using an Arianespace-operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed in Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 576 km. Spacecraft separation took place 44 minutes after lift-off. David Cavaillolès, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace,…
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Deloitte Selects Spire to Provide Advanced Satellite Capabilities
Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced that Deloitte has contracted with them to design, build and operate eight satellites. These satellites will support Deloitte’s on-orbit cyber payloads, as well as its space data capabilities for commercial and government clients. The mission consists of eight satellites with advanced radio…
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ISISPACE Deploys SpeQtre Quantum Tech Demonstrator for UK–Singapore Space Partnership
ISISPACE, an innovative satellite system integrator and space infrastructure provider offering turn-key solutions for space missions, has successfully launched SpeQtre, a quantum demonstrator mission led by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space and Singapore’s SpeQtral. The lift-off took place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California last Friday at 10:18 AM PT…
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics Launches Hyperspectral 6U CubeSat for Japan’s IHI Corporation
Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a leading small satellite manufacturer and mission integrator, and IHI Corporation, a premier Japanese aerospace technology leader, have announced the successful launch and two-way communications with IHI-SAT2 shortly after orbital deployment. The hyperspectral 6U CubeSat for advancing forest management is envisioned to be part of IHI’s future Earth observation satellite constellation. The satellite…
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SpeQtre Quantum Entanglement Satellite Reaches Orbit
SpeQtral, Singapore’s leading quantum communications company, in partnership with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space, announces the successful launch and deployment of the SpeQtre CubeSat aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission. The spacecraft, containing SpeQtral’s space-qualified entangled photon pair source and detector modules, was deployed into sun-synchronous orbit on 28th November, 2025, marking…
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Planet Labs Launches Pelican-5, Pelican-6 and 36 SuperDoves on SpaceX Transporter-15
Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, announced the successful launch of its AI-enabled, high-resolution Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 satellites, along with 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4H. Planet’s satellites were launched to orbit on the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Planet…
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Spire Global Launches 11 Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-15 Mission
Spire Global, a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully launched eleven satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch included satellites for Spire’s Space Services customers, along with three replenishment satellites that strengthen the Company’s fully deployed, dual-use constellation. Also Read: Spire Global Ships Nine Satellites…
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Varda Space Launches W-5 Mission Aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 Mission
Varda Space Industries announced that their fifth mission, W-5, successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, aboard the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX. W-5 is the company’s fifth launch overall, and fourth launch of 2025. The vehicle carries a government payload funded through the Prometheus program, a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory…
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ICEYE Deploys Five New SAR Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-15 Mission
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, has successfully launched and deployed five new SAR satellites into orbit. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and successfully lifted off on November 28, 2025, aboard the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. Each spacecraft has established communication,…