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The U.S. Space Force has awarded iRocket $1.8 million in further funding on a Phase II SBIR contract to develop its reusable rocket engine. iRocket — Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc....

Lockheed Martin has signed a deal to launch a tech demonstration on a Firefly Aerospace Alpha launch vehicle. This is the first deal between Lockheed Martin and the launcher.  Firefly’s...

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has already shipped the recently announced Telesat LEO demonstration satellite, and it will launch on a Rocket Lab mission set for July.  Just last month Telesat...

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45, Space Systems Command (SSC), and United Launch Alliance (ULA), launched the NRO’s NROL-68 satellite on June 22 from Cape...

Arianespace postponed the final launch of its Ariane 5 rocket, set for Friday. Arianespace shared the news on June 15, a day before the launch was scheduled. “It has come...

SpaceX delivered 72 spacecraft to orbit on Monday in the Transporter-8 launch, its eighth mission in its dedicated smallsat rideshare program. The Falcon 9 mission launched from Space Launch Complex...

Orbex and Arianespace have formed a new partnership as the two launch providers look at how possible future co-operation between the two companies could help their respective customer requirements. The...

Firefly Aerospace is acquiring smallsat rideshare company Spaceflight for an undisclosed amount, and will end Spaceflight’s rideshare business after its current contracts. The company announced the deal last week on...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — six for each provider — under the fiscal...

SpaceX launched Arabsat’s Badr-8 telecommunications satellite in a Falcon 9 mission over the weekend from Cape Canaveral. Manufacturer Airbus confirmed the satellite is now on its way to its final...