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Ride completes Deep Blue mission marking new chapter in satellite launch services
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
This accomplishment is the product of rigorous coordination among RIDE!, SatRev, and Impulse Space. The process began in mid-November 2024 when SatRev's 6U-XL s...
Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
Before this mission, three launches (L14, L15, L16) are already set for Ariane 6 to reinforce Europe's high-performance Galileo satellite navigation network. Ea...
European Partners Expand Ariane 6 Commitment with Arianespace
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
Under one agreement, the European Commission and ESA have selected Arianespace to launch Sentinel-1D during the latter half of 2025 aboard the two-booster versi...
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
Feb 03, 2025 (SPX)
The Michibiki satellite series supports Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), which provides highly accurate location data down to centimeter-level prec...
Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems
Feb 03, 2025 (SPX)
Caltech is leading the worldwide community working toward achieving this audacious goal. "The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with po...
SpaceX launches more Startlink satellites from California
Feb 02, 2025 (UPI)
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 4E at 3:02 p.m. PST Saturday. About eight minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and touched down in the Pacific...
Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launched
Jan 30, 2025 (SPX)
"The launch of SpainSat NG-I with cutting-edge secure communications technology enabled by our industry-leading Eurostar Neo platform is a major step for Spanis...
Sierra Space Dream Chaser Spaceplane Passes Key NASA Test in Preparation for ISS Resupply Mission
Jan 30, 2025 (SPX)
The test focused on demonstrating Dream Chaser's capabilities to power up, air-cool, and manage data exchange with multiple powered payloads inside the spacecra...
How to Operate NASA's Orion Spacecraft for Artemis II Mission
Jan 29, 2025 (SPX)
The first major test of manual control, called the proximity operations demonstration, will occur about three hours into the mission. At this stage, the four cr...
SpaceX launches from Florida, retires first-stage booster because of extra power needed
Jan 29, 2025 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:34 p.m. EST from pad 39A. The first-stage cutoff was at 2:40 and the satellite deployed at 31:24 and was to be 2,236 miles above Ea...
UK Government backs UK orbital launch with 20 million pound investment
Jan 29, 2025 (SPX)
Announced by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Secretary Peter Kyle at the 17th European Space Conference in Brussels, the investment sup...
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Caneveral
Jan 27, 2025 (UPI)
It marked SpaceX's 12th mission of the year, when it lifted off at 5:05 EST from Launch Complex 40. The payload included 21 Starlink satellites, 13 of them with...
New Shepard's 29th mission to simulate Lunar Gravity
Jan 26, 2025 (SPX)
The New Shepard flight will allow its payloads to experience at least two minutes of simulated lunar gravity, a groundbreaking achievement made possible by NASA...
China's Hainan Commercial Launch Center expands with two new launch pads
Jan 26, 2025 (SPX)
The second phase will span over 133 hectares along the coast of Wenchang, a suburban city in Hainan. As announced by the Hainan International Commercial Aerospa...
Musk's brother meets Italy PM Meloni in Rome
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
Kimbal Musk also met with Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli at the prime minister's office and had a quick handshake with Meloni during a tour of the building, ...
NASA's Artemis II rocket booster stacking process reaches new milestone
Jan 24, 2025 (UPI)
The most recent addition is the sixth of the 10 motor segments in the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket to be integrated onto mobile launcher 1 inside the V...
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites into space on 11th 2025 mission
Jan 24, 2025 (UPI)
The launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California happened at 6:07 a.m. PST, with the Falcon 9 rocket lighting up the morning sky with 23 satellites...
Rocket Lab to launch wildfire detection satellites for OroraTech
Jan 23, 2025 (SPX)
The mission will take place at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, where an Electron rocket will deploy eight satellites into a 550 km orbit. This rapid...
Musk, Wikipedia founder in row over how to describe 'Nazi salute'
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
The fight pits two of the internet's best-known tech giants against each other -- and highlights the starkly different ethos behind Musk's X social media site a...
Three rockets will ignite Poker Flat's 2025 launch season
Jan 23, 2025 (SPX)
The launch window is Jan. 21 through Feb. 5. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute owns Poker Flat, located at Mile 30 Steese Highway, and op...
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