Launch
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Imagery and Sensing
SpaceX Launches Third GPS III Satellite for US Space Force
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the newest GPS III satellite, Space Vehicle 03 (SV03), for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex-40 in Florida on […]
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Government/Military
Hispasat Satellite to Embed Pathfinder 2 Mission for US Space Force
Hispasat revealed on June 24 that it won a contract with Artel to embed the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Pathfinder 2 mission on its Amazonas Nexus […]
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Launch
Virgin Galactic Completes 2nd SpaceShipTwo Test Flight
Virgin Galactic successfully completed its second SpaceShipTwo Unity test flight on Thursday from Spaceport America in New Mexico with pilots Mark ‘Forger’ Stucky and Michael ‘Sooch’ Masucci on board. Nicola […]
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Launch
Relativity Space Signs Launch Contract with Iridium, Plans West Coast Launch Site
Relativity Space, a Los Angeles-based space startup using 3D-printing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to build launchers, has signed a Right of Entry agreement (RoE) with the U.S. Air Force’s […]
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Government/Military
Virgin Galactic Signs Space Act Agreement With NASA
Virgin Galactic signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) while enabling the development […]
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Launch
LeoStella Delivers First Two Satellites to BlackSky
LeoStella reports that it has delivered the first two satellites fully manufactured from its production line. The satellites are the fifth and sixth of an ongoing Earth Observation (EO) constellation […]
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Launch
NanoAvionics Wins Thales Contract to Build OmniSpace Satellite Buses
Thales Alenia Space contracted NanoAvionics to build the initial two satellite buses for Omnispace’s satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. NanoAvionics’ two satellite buses will host the payload which is […]
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Connectivity
Astranis Hits Testing Milestone for MicroGEO Satellites
Astranis has reached a testing milestone that it said is a major step in its path to offering low-cost broadband internet service from microsatellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The company […]
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Launch
Space Ambitions: Turkey Prepares to Compete and Capture
Over the last decade, Turkey has invested in its spacefaring ambitions, resulting in the strengthening of its indigenous space-related know-how and its position within the global arena. In 2011 and […]
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Government/Military
Space Force on Track to Award Launch Service Contracts This Summer
Plans for the U.S. Space Force to award two launch services contracts for its next batch of national security space missions this summer remain on track, the Space and Missile […]
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Launch
NRO Awards Rocket Lab Launch Contract for Back-to-Back Missions
Rocket Lab signed a launch agreement with the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for two back-to-back dedicated small satellite missions aboard an Electron launch vehicle. The missions were awarded through […]
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Government/Military
Space Agreement Supports Future US Launches from UK Soil
The United States and United Kingdom have signed an agreement paving the way for U.S. companies to launch from U.K. spaceports. According to the U.S. Department of State, the agreement […]
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Spaceflight Gets its First Rideshare Payloads on a SpaceX Starlink Mission
Spaceflight revealed Wednesday that it will launch two rideshare payloads aboard SpaceX’s tenth Starlink mission, marking the first SpaceX Starlink mission that will be accompanied by Spaceflight rideshare payloads. Spaceflight’s […]
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Launch
Momentus, SatRevolution Reach Orbital Deployment Contract
Momentus and Polish space company SatRevolution have reached an orbital deployment contract. Momentus announced Tuesday that it will launch SatRevolution’s 3U cubesat, called LabSat, on-board its Vigoride orbit transfer vehicle, […]
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Launch
Restart Your Engines: Launchers Recalibrate After Pandemic Pause
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket was on the launch pad at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, just days away from the “Don’t Stop Me Now” mission, when the small satellite […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Launches Planet SkySats 16-18, Starts Taking Applications for Starlink Beta Tests
SpaceX successfully lofted three high-resolution imaging SkySats from Planet and a batch of its own Starlink communications satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket this past weekend on June 13. The […]
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Rocket Lab Completes its First Post-Pandemic Mission
Rocket Lab’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” mission, which was delayed by COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand, lived up to its name and successfully took off from Launch Complex 1 on […]
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Imagery and Sensing
US Space Force Completes GPS III SV-08 Core Mate, Names Vehicle After Katherine Johnson
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Global Positioning System (GPS) III program reached a major milestone with the successful core mate of GPS III Space Vehicle […]
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Finance
Spaceflight Industries Completes Sale of Rideshare Business
Spaceflight Industries, Inc. has finalized sale of its rideshare business, Spaceflight, Inc., to Mitsui & Co., in partnership with Yamasa Co., the company announced Friday. The sale, which was first […]
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Opinion
Space Tourism Needs Passenger Safety Regulations to Truly Take Off
Growing up, my favorite part of visiting Disneyland was climbing aboard the rocket-shaped roller coaster cart of Space Mountain and dreaming of one day visiting space. As the recent Crew […]
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Launch
York Space Systems to Build LatConnect 60’s EO Constellation
York Space Systems is a subcontractor for LatConnect 60, and will manufacture its unique spacecraft platform for LatConnect 60’s small satellite constellation in development that will provide Earth Observation (EO) […]
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Launch
OrbAstro to Hitch Ride to Sun-Synchronous Orbit with Momentus on SpaceX Launch
Momentus, which provides in-space transportation services for satellites, will fly an OrbAstro 3U satellite to Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) onboard the SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission in 2021, the companies announced Thursday. […]
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Launch
SpaceX Launches 60 More Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched an additional 60 Starlink satellites late Wednesday, marking more than 480 satellites launched for the company’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. A Falcon 9 booster launched the satellites […]
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Launch
Success! SpaceX Leads U.S. Return to Crewed Spaceflight
It took two attempts, but SpaceX has made history as the first privately owned company ever to launch human beings into space. On Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:22 p.m. EST, […]
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Launch
FAA Approves SpaceX Starship Flight Tests, Prototype Explodes
SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for suborbital flight tests of its Starship rocket prototype from the test site in Boca Chica, Texas. The approval, issued […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab Won’t Let COVID Stop ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ Mission, Sets New Target Launch Date
Rocket Lab has set a new launch window starting June 11 for its 12th Electron launch, dubbed “Don’t Stop Me Now,” which was postponed from March due to COVID-19 restrictions. […]
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Finance
Thursday Morning Conversation with Relativity Space Co-Founder Tim Ellis
This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us to Los Angeles where we catch up with Relativity Space CEO and Co-Founder Tim Ellis, who talks about everything from the niche German […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission Delayed by Weather
SpaceX and NASA will have to wait a few more days to make history, as unfavorable weather conditions prevented the Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from […]
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Launch
India’s Vestaspace Technology Plans for Constellation of 5G Satellites
Vestaspace Technology, an Indian small satellite manufacturing company, released plans on Tuesday to launch a constellation of 35 or more satellites across India with the intention of building 5G speed […]
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Launch
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne Experiences Anomaly During Test
Virgin Orbit ended the launch demonstration of its small satellite air-launched LauncherOne rocket early on Monday, when an anomaly occurred early in the first stage of the rocket’s flight. Much […]



























