Tag: Satellite

NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) identical dual spacecraft mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study the solar wind’s interaction with the magnetosphere on Mars.  As the first multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars,…

Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for environmental testing before the lander ships to Cape Canaveral for a Q4 2024 launch. As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander is integrated with…

Rocket Lab USA, Inc., one of the global leader in launch services and space systems, announced that Kenneth (Ken) Possenriede has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. A seasoned executive with strong business and financial acumen, Mr. Possenriede joins Rocket Lab after a 35-year career at Lockheed Martin Corporation in financial leadership positions,…

NASA has selected three companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. The companies awarded are: Arrow Science and Technology LLC of Webster, Texas Impulse Space Inc. of Redondo Beach, California Momentus Space LLC of San Jose, California The VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price,…

Astroscale Japan Inc., a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the company in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, announced that it has signed a contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for Phase II of JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) program, one of the world’s first technology demonstrations of…

The Polaris Program, a test and developmental program of new spaceflight technology, will usher in a new era of commercial space exploration when SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches the program’s first mission, Polaris Dawn, on Monday, August 26, 2024. This milestone mission will include testing a next-generation spacesuit during the first commercial spacewalk; endeavoring to achieve…

Sidus Space, a provider of end-to-end precision Space Infrastructure solutions that include satellite Data-as-a-Service on its proprietary on-orbit platform, has announced its selection by Craig Technologies for the manufacturing of two Fleet Interactive Display Equipment (FIDE) Pre-production Unit Main panels for Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI) in support of a critical U.S. Navy program. This…

Maritime Launch Services is pleased to announce that the company has selected Voyager Space (Voyager) as the first Owner Authorized Representative (OAR) for the next development phase, Spaceport Nova Scotia’s launch support infrastructure. This strategic partnership between the two companies highlights the growing collaboration between Canada and the United States under the Technology Safeguard Agreement…