Launch
March 4, 2021
Astra has won a $7.95 million launch contract with NASA to launch a constellation of six cubesats for storm research over three launches. NASA announced the firm fixed-price contract on Feb. 26. Called TROPICS — the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats mission — is set to launch…
March 4, 2021
SpaceX successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday. This is the 20th batch of satellites that SpaceX has put into orbit since the project began and the 5th successful launch since the beginning of the year. This particular mission, designated "Starlink L17," was supposed…
February 26, 2021
Orbex has commissioned AMCM [Additive Manufacturing Customized Machines] to build what it says will be the largest industrial 3D printer in Europe to print rocket engines. The specific monetary value of the contract was not disclosed, but Orbex described it as a multi-million pound deal in a Feb. 24 announcement. The deal follows after a…
February 26, 2021
Washington state-based launch company, Stoke Space Technologies, has raised $9.1 million in seed investments to develop a completely reusable rocket that the company claims will offer launch services 20 times cheaper than offerings today. The round was co-led by NFX and MaC Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Seven Seven Six, Liquid2, Trevor Blackwell, Kyle…