Impulse Space, an in-space transportation company founded by SpaceX founding member Tom Mueller, recently announced its first orbital mission, LEO Express-1, is booked for a slot on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 rideshare mission set for the fourth quarter of this year.  LEO Express-1 will test the company’s orbital service vehicle, named Mira. The vehicle will uses high-thrust…

Spaceflight has signed a deal with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services to launch up to five of its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) from missions from its Nova Scotia spaceport beginning in 2025.  Maritime Launch is developing a Spaceport Nova Scotia, a spaceport near Canso in Nova Scotia. The company will operate the launch Cyclone-4M medium-class…

Astroscale’s upcoming ELSA-M debris capture mission will use Addvalue and Inmarsat’s data relay service to communicate during the mission, the companies announced this month.  IDRS is the inter-satellite data relay system offered by Addvalue, powered by Inmarsat’s satellite network. It works by having an Addvalue terminal on a client’s satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and…

Astroscale and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are looking to jointly create a new satellite refueling service, the two organizations announced Dec. 7. The activities will be done under the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC) office. The aim is to explore concepts for a fuel delivery service for one year. The…