Tag: Launch
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Blue Origin Teams Up with OpTech to Deploy Next-Gen Caracal Optical Payload on Blue Ring
Blue Origin announced an agreement with Optimum Technologies (OpTech) to integrate its next-generation Caracal optical payload on board the first mission of Blue Ring, a highly manoeuvrable multi-mission spacecraft designed for payload delivery, hosting, and infrastructure services. Blue Ring’s first mission is expected to launch in 2026 with initial injection into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)…
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Frontgrade Announces Precision Motor Control for Next-Gen Space Missions
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space and national security missions, announced the release of the RT-SADE (Radiation-Tolerant Solar Array Drive Electronics), a next-generation microprocessor-based stepper motor controller engineered to deliver precision, reliability, and versatility for demanding spacecraft and defense applications. Designed for mission-critical motion control systems such as solar array…
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Ursa Major Advances Growth Plans with New Series E Investment
Ursa Major announced that it closed $100 million in its Series E funding round and received an additional $50 million in debt funding commitments. Investors include both new and long-term supporters of Ursa Major’s mission, including Eclipse, which led the round, and were joined by Woodline Partners, Principia Growth, XN, and Alsop Louie Partners, among…
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AST SpaceMobile to Launch US-Licensed BlueBird 6 Satellite on December 15 from India
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, announced BlueBird 6, a U.S.-licensed satellite, is scheduled to launch on December 15th from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. BlueBird 6 is the first of AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation…
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Rocket Lab Beats Annual Launch Record with Back-To-Back Electron Missions
Rocket Lab Corporation, a global leader in launch services and space systems, completed its second launch in two days from its launch sites in two hemispheres, setting a new annual launch record for the Company: 18 Electron launches in 2025 with 100% mission success. The “Follow My Speed” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch…
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ICEYE and SSC Partner to Advance Nordic and NATO Space Capabilities
ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), a leading global provider of advanced space services, announced they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI). This LOI outlines a plan to leverage their complementary strengths, aiming to enhance sovereign space capabilities for Nordic and NATO security. The…
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CesiumAstro’s Element Provides a Fully Integrated Satellite Platform for High-Throughput Communications
Austin-based CesiumAstro, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, develops advanced active phased-array communications payloads and integrated satellite systems for commercial, civil and defense applications. The company’s Element platform is a fully integrated LEO satellite system built to host CesiumAstro’s electronically steerable Ka-band payloads, combining a modular satellite bus with software-defined communications hardware. Designed…
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Arcfield Secures $70 Million US Army Contract for Hypersonic Test and Planning
Arcfield, a leading government services and mission support provider, announced that it has been selected as the prime contractor on the Hypersonic Test Engineering, Mission Planning and Systems II (HyTEMPS II) program from the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). This award represents follow-on work for the company, has a five-year period of…
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Isar Aerospace to Launch SEOPS Mission in 2028 Using Spectrum Rocket
Satellite launch service company Isar Aerospace has signed a launch service agreement with SEOPS, a U.S.-based integration and mission services provider, for a dedicated mission scheduled in 2028. Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle ‘Spectrum’ will deploy multiple payloads into a low Earth orbit (LEO) from its dedicated launch complex at Andøya Space in Norway. “The global demand…
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Redwire Secures $44 Million DARPA Contract for Very Low-Earth Orbit Mission
Redwire Corporation, a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, announced that it has been awarded a $44 million phase 2 contract to advance the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Otter Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mission to demonstrate the world’s first air-breathing spacecraft and advance next-generation orbital capabilities. The phase 2 contract…