Tag: Launch
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Dyndrite and Ursa Major Signs Multi-Year Deal for High-Performance Rocket Engines
Dyndrite, the company behind the GPU-accelerated computation engine powering next-generation digital manufacturing solutions, announced a multi-year licensing agreement with the aerospace and defense company Ursa Major. Under the agreement, Ursa Major has chosen Dyndrite LPBF Pro to drive its metal additive manufacturing initiatives, supporting material development, part qualification, and the production of high-performance rocket propulsion…
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EUMETSAT Assumes Control of Europe’s First Geostationary Atmospheric Sounder Satellite
After more than two weeks of complex manoeuvring, precise positioning and meticulous checks, EUMETSAT assumed control of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) spacecraft on 18 July 2025, the latest addition to its fleet of geostationary meteorological satellites. Following MTG-S1’s successful launch on 1 July 2025, the satellite, which carries the Infrared Sounder (IRS)…
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Avio Designated As Launch Service Provider for the VEGA Launcher
With the approval of the new Launcher Exploitation Declaration (“LED”) at ESA headquarters in Paris, a key milestone has been achieved in the redefinition of Europe’s launch system. The declaration officially designates Avio as the launch service provider for the Vega launcher family. For the first time, an Italian company is entrusted with providing access-to-space services,…
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Astroscale U.S Partners with NASA to Advance On-Orbit Servicing for National Security
Astroscale U.S, a leading provider of on-orbit services and logistics across all orbits, has signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to test rendezvous, proximity operations and docking (RPOD) capabilities of the Astroscale U.S Refueler spacecraft. Astroscale U.S will test its Refueler at GSFC in preparation for Astroscale U.S.’s…
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L3Harris Technologies Introduces Launched Effects Vehicles to Advance U.S Multi-Domain Edge
L3Harris Technologies debuted a pack of launched effects vehicles, demonstrating the company’s ability to respond to the U.S. Department of Defense’s urgent need for advanced, capable, and affordable munitions it can employ across services and domains. Red Wolf and Green Wolf are the first in L3Harris’ expanding family of multi-role vehicles that can easily integrate…
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L3Harris Technologies to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production in Arkansas
L3Harris Technologies and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have announced plans to construct an extensive large solid rocket motor (LSRM) production campus at the company’s site in Camden. L3Harris is investing nearly half a billion dollars across its major production sites to support solid rocket motor production. “Arkansas is a great place for L3Harris to…
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Amphinicy to Deliver New LEO Ground Station M&C System for EUMETSAT
Amphinicy Technologies is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) for the delivery of the new LEO ground station monitoring and control (M&C) system for EUMETSAT facilities at Svalbard and the Azores. The Monica M&C project will address the challenges arising from the…
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ISS National Lab Selects Six Startups for Orbital Edge Accelerator Program
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, in collaboration with global investors Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), E2MC, and Stellar Ventures, is pleased to announce the six innovative startups that will join the inaugural Orbital Edge Accelerator program: Kall Morris, Magma Space, Melagen Labs, Olfera, Quantum Qool and Raptor Dynamix. These cutting-edge startups were chosen…
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Astrobotic Advances XL Solar Arrays for Lunar Power Infrastructure
NASA has awarded Astrobotic a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to advance development of its Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL). Towering at over 30 m tall with the ability to generate 50 kW of power from its 20-meter-long solar panels, VSAT-XL would be the largest planned lunar power infrastructure to date…
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Frontgrade Launches 32GB Space-Grade eMMC for High-Reliability In-Orbit Data Storage
Frontgrade Technologies, the leading provider of high-reliability microelectronics for space and national security, has unveiled its embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) a space-grade NAND memory solution offering 32GB density, the highest available in today’s market. Designed to deliver maximum capacity and resilience in space environments, this radiation-tolerant, non-volatile flash data storage device is optimized for low Earth orbit…