Launch
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Imagery and Sensing
Capella, Rocket Lab to Launch SAR Satellite to Mid-Inclination
Capella Space has signed a deal with Rocket Lab to launch one of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites in its Whitney Constellation, calling it the first-ever SAR satellite to […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Sen Selects NanoAvionics to Build Video Nano-Satellites
Sen, a British space company working to provide real-time Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video of Earth, has signed a multi-million euro contract with NanoAvionics to build the first five nano-satellites of […]
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Finance
Hispasat to Help Validate PLD Space As a Launch Services Provider
Hispasat and PLD Space have agreed to work together to define the technical features and analyzing compatibility to launch services on board MIURA 5 launcher. This agreement that these companies […]
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Launch
Space Dynamics Laboratory-Built SmallSat Deploys from ISS
The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) at Utah State University announced Monday that a small satellite it built was deployed into orbit, and early telemetry indicates that the spacecraft health is […]
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Government/Military
Report: Boeing Didn’t Perform Full End-to-End Test of Starliner
In the weeks since Boeing flew its astronaut capsule on an ill-fated demo flight, questions about the company’s testing procedures prior to the mission have started to emerge — putting […]
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Exotrail Receives AAC Clyde Space Contract to Work With Eutelsat Spacecrafts
Exotrail has signed a contract with AAC Clyde Space, to equip its customer Eutelsat with propulsion solutions for its ELO 3 and ELO 4 spacecrafts. Exotrail plans for the contract […]
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Arianespace Launches Satellites for Sky Perfect JSAT, Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Arianespace successfully launched a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) French Guiana on Tuesday. The mission placed JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator Sky Perfect […]
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SpaceX Deploys 60 More Starlink Satellites, Signs Space Tourism Partnership
SpaceX launched its fifth batch of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 on Sunday, but did not complete the booster landing, which would have been its 50th successful landing. SpaceX […]
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Finance
Blue Origin Opens Engine Factory in Alabama
Blue Origin opened its rocket engine production facility in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday. The company plans for this 350,000 square-foot engine manufacturing facility to conduct high rate production of the […]
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Made in Space Partners With Blue Canyon Technologies for Flight Demonstration
Made In Space has selected small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to support the development of the spacecraft platform for the company’s upcoming Archinaut One […]
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Launch
Virgin Galactic Moves SpaceShipTwo to Spaceport America
Virgin Galactic Holdings has relocated SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, to its commercial headquarters at Spaceport America’s Gateway to Space building in New Mexico. VSS Unity, attached to the carrier aircraft, VMS […]
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Finance
Spaceflight Industries to Sell Rideshare Launch Business to Japanese Companies
Spaceflight Industries is selling its satellite rideshare launch business Spaceflight to Mitsui & Co., in partnership with Yamasa Co. Spaceflight Industries plans to leverage the capital from this agreement to […]
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Government/Military
ULA Launches Solar Orbiter for NASA, ESA
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Solar Orbiter lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday at 11:03 p.m. EST. Solar Orbiter […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Delivers GPS III Satellite Ahead of April Launch
Lockheed Martin has delivered its third next-generation GPS III satellite to the U.S. Space Force ahead of an expected April launch. Last week, Lockheed Martin shipped the GPS III space […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Launches OneWeb’s 2nd Batch of Satellites on Soyuz
Arianespace has successfully launched 34 new satellites for global network operator OneWeb on a Soyuz rocket. Liftoff took place at approximately 4:43 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. […]
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Astrocast Inks Sixth Cubesat Launch Deal With Spaceflight
Rideshare launch provider Spaceflight will send 10 additional nanosatellites into orbit for Internet of Things (IoT) network developer Astrocast in late 2021, the companies announced Feb. 6. The new contract […]
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Finance
Reports: Gwynne Shotwell Says SpaceX Likely to Spinoff Starlink, Offer IPO
While speaking at a JPMorgan Chase investor conference, SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell told reporters that the U.S. launch company plans to spin off its Starlink constellation business and […]
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Launch
Satlantis to Launch its EO Constellation With Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace has signed a launch agreement with Satlantis, which will use the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle to deploy its constellation of Earth Observation (EO) and remote sensing satellites starting […]
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SpaceX Now Accepts Bookings for Dedicated Small Satellite Launches
SpaceX is now accepting bookings for rideshare launches for small satellites. Customers can now book a mission online by selecting their desired orbit, earliest launch date, and payload mass. SpaceX bills […]
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Connectivity
Space Flight Laboratory, Kepler Collaborate on Nanosatellite Constellation
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) is designing and building the first fully operational nanosatellite in Kepler Communications’ next-generation constellation of communications satellites. SFL is also helping Kepler to set up a […]
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Connectivity
Maxar to Manufacture Intelsat 40e, Integrate NASA Payload
Intelsat has selected Maxar Technologies to build Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary communications satellite. Maxar also will integrate NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e […]
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Launch
Skyrora Performs First Eco-Fuel Tests to Power XL Rocket
Skyrora, a Scotland-based satellite launch firm, has completed an eco liquid-fuel rocket engine ground test. The tests, a week of static horizontal firings conducted in Fife, compared the behavior of […]
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Government/Military
Rocket Lab Launches Dedicated NRO Mission
Rocket Lab launched its first mission of the year — dubbed “Birds of a Feather” — on Friday at 02:56 UTC from the company’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s […]
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Launch
Tethers Unlimited Delivers Mesh Network Inter-Satellite Crosslink Solution
Tethers Unlimited (TUI) has delivered what it calls the first mesh network inter-satellite crosslink solution for small satellites. The SWIFT-LINQ network is a software app that runs on TUI’s SWIFT […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Launches Fourth Batch of Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched its fourth set of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on Wednesday at 9:06 […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat 7C Satellite Enters Commercial Service
Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On […]
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Airbus Delivers Bartolomeo to the Kennedy Space Center
The Bartolomeo research platform, developed by Airbus for the International Space Station (ISS), has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida, ahead of its planned launch in […]
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Launch
Aethera RF Power Processing Unit for VASIMR Engine Completes Full Power Vacuum Test
A new generation radio-frequency (RF) Power Processing Unit (PPU) for the VASIMR engine, built by Aethera Technologies for Ad Astra Rocket Company has completed a full-power test in vacuum at […]
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Government/Military
ESA, Airbus Book Payload for ISS Bartolomeo Platform
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have signed a contract booking a Norwegian instrument for the Bartolomeo platform on the International Space Station (ISS), which is scheduled for launch […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Belarus, Roscosmos Plan to Expand Orbital Satellite Group
The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Russia’s Roscosmos State Corporation have agreed to expand the joint orbital group of satellites involved in remote sensing of Earth, according to […]





























