Tag: Space Mission
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Arianespace to Launch 36 Amazon Leo Satellites Equipped with Advanced Boosters
On June 17, 2026, Arianespace will launch 36 Amazon Leo satellites aboard Ariane 6 in its Ariane 64 configuration from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, within the following launch window: 07:53 a.m – 08:22 a.m (Washington, D.C.), 08:53 a.m – 09:22 a.m (Kourou), 11:53 a.m– 12:22 p.m (UTC) and 01:53 p.m – 02:22 p.m (Paris)…
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Axiom Space and Prada Unveils Inner Cooling Layer for Lunar Spacesuit
Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) designed to be worn by astronauts inside the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit. Engineered as the high-performance inner layer of the AxEMU, the LCVG is built to protect astronauts from the elements when they explore the lunar surface for the first time…
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NASA Announces Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalk at the ISS
NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT and last roughly five hours. International Space Station Expedition 74 commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev will install a solar radiation…
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RTX’s Raytheon Concludes Design Review of Landsat Next Space Instruments
Raytheon, an RTX business, has completed the preliminary design review for NASA‘s Landsat Next Instrument Suite (LandIS). Raytheon is providing multiple components for the program, including the multispectral imager, engineering analyses, algorithms, fabrication, testing and support. The design review validated the technical approach and engineering design of Raytheon’s instruments, algorithms and imager. The business’s multispectral…
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GITAI Expands Space Robotics Services for On-Orbit Operations and Lunar Infrastructure
GITAI, a US-based space robotics company focused on autonomous robotic systems for space applications, is developing a portfolio of robotic service technologies designed to support on-orbit servicing, satellite maintenance, lunar infrastructure construction and future industrial operations in space. Through its integrated robotics and spacecraft technologies, the company aims to reduce the cost of labor in…
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ispace Advances Commercial Lunar Transportation with HAKUTO-R Mission 2
ispace, a Japan-based space technology company focused on lunar transportation and exploration systems, is advancing commercial lunar mission capabilities through the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 program. The mission is designed to demonstrate lunar landing operations, surface mobility technologies and payload transportation infrastructure intended to support long-term lunar exploration and cislunar economic activity. At the center of the mission…
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JAXA and ESA Partner on Planetary Defence for RAMSES Apophis Mission
At the Embassy of Italy in Berlin, YAMAKAWA Hiroshi, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), to strengthen and advance cooperation between JAXA and ESA in the field of planetary defence. At the same time, under…
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IonQ Launches Commercial InSAR for Automated Millimeter-Precise Earth Monitoring
IonQ, the world’s leading quantum technology company, announced the commercial launch of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) capabilities through its space missions line. The offering enables millimetre-precision ground deformation monitoring with fully automated tasking and data delivery, enabling customers to detect and track physical change on the Earth’s surface consistently, at a frequency and scale…
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Mission Space to Launch Fourth Space Weather Payload on HEX20 Maya V1 Mission
During the 2026 Space Weather Workshop, Mission Space announced that it will fly the fourth in-orbit space weather payload on HEX20’s MAYA-V1 mission, a 16U-class LEO hosted-payload platform designed for in-orbit validation of new space technologies. MAYA-V1 is part of HEX20’s Multi-Application Yearly Assimilated Vehicle mission series, built on the company’s NX spacecraft bus. The…
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York Space Systems Expands Standardized Satellite Platforms for Scalable Space Missions
York Space Systems is advancing satellite manufacturing with a family of standardized, flight-proven spacecraft platforms designed for rapid deployment, high reliability and scalable mission integration. The company’s modular satellite buses enable efficient payload integration while supporting a wide range of missions, from Earth observation to communications and defense applications. York’s platform architecture is built around…