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Momentus First Demonstration Mission Update #3
Jun 14, 2022 (SPX)
As we previously stated in earlier updates on the inaugural flight of the Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle, the spacecraft experienced anomalies after its laun...
Terran Orbital concludes Fleet Space CENTAURI-5 bus commissioning
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
CENTAURI-5 adds capacity, reduces signal delay, and provides additional network redundancy. The 3D printed metal patch antenna satellite is traveling to an expe...
ReOrbit and VENG signs agreement for satellite manufacturing
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
VENG, the main contractor of the Argentina Space Agency (CONAE) for Launch Vehicle developments, signed an agreement with ReOrbit for satellite manufacturing. O...
Another 6 SFL built microsatellites now in orbit
Jun 06, 2022 (SPX)
"SFL congratulates GHGSat and HawkEye 360 for their continued success and leadership in commercial space-based applications of microsatellites," said SFL Direct...
MDA deploys a second set of cubesats in space
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
The new mission is a planned follow-on to the Block 1 success and supports the development of MDA's Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) and o...
Vacuum soak for satellite brain
May 31, 2022 (SPX)
This same onboard computer design is already planned for use by various ESA missions currently in development, including the Hera mission for planetary defence,...
Terran Orbital deploys 6 satellites from SpaceX Transporter-5 mission for multiple customers
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
The Terran Orbital satellites include two NASA CubeSat Proximity Operations Demonstration (CPOD) vehicles, NASA Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3), Fl...
Momentus Launches First Demonstration Flight on SpaceX Falcon 9
May 26, 2022 (SPX)
The versatile Vigoride spacecraft, designed to support a range of transportation and in-space infrastructure services, is slated to perform a series of operatio...
Fleet Space reports launch of Centauri 5 satellite
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
This was the company's third launch with SpaceX, following the successful deployment of Centauri 4 on the Transporter-2 mission in June 2021. Centauri 5 will be...
CubeSat set to demonstrate NASA's fastest laser link from space
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
NASA primarily uses radio frequency to communicate with spacecraft, but with sights set on human exploration of the Moon and Mars and the development of enhance...
Spaceflight Inc. debuts its latest OTV, Sherpa-AC
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
The Transporter 5 rideshare mission on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral on May 25 headed to a Sun Synchronous orbit, 525km. Spaceflight su...
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace orders three surveillance satellites from NanoAvionics
May 19, 2022 (SPX)
The surveillance payload will consist of instrumentation developed by KONGSBERG to include '"Automatic Identification System" (AIS) reporting and a navigation r...
Momentus Go for Launch for First Vigoride Mission
May 17, 2022 (SPX)
Momentus recently announced that it has received all the government licenses and approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Comm...
Terran Orbital ships CAPSTONE satellite to New Zealand for Rocket Lab launch vehicle
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, a Terran Orbital Corporation, built the spacecraft for the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Naviga...
Momentus' Vigoride spacecraft arrives at launch site for first flight with SpaceX
May 08, 2022 (SPX)
The Vigoride spacecraft and customer payloads will now be integrated with SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle ahead of the Transporter-5 mission targeted for launc...
Blue Canyon Technologies expands into GEO with its first cubesat
May 01, 2022 (SPX)
Blue Canyon provided the 12U CubeSat bus, avionics, flight software, Guidance Navigation and Control actuators and sensors, batteries, solar panels, solar array...
What is CAPSTONE?
May 01, 2022 (SPX)
The orbit, formally known as a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO), is significantly elongated. Its location at a precise balance point in the gravities of Earth...
Spaceflight prepares to launch its 50th mission
Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)
"Our 50th launch represents our persistent innovation and commitment to our customers' success over the last decade," said Curt Blake, CEO and president of Spac...
CACI completes review for planned 2023 satellite launch
Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)
"CACI expertise, systems, and technology help our customers maintain dominance in the increasingly contested space environment," said Mike Hale, Executive Vice ...
SpaceX delivers Blue Canyon built GNOMES-3 microsat to orbit for PlanetiQ
Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)
GNOMES-3 is an ESPA-class microsat spacecraft bus, which Blue Canyon manufactured for PlanetiQ. BCT provided the microsatellite bus and Gen3 avionics for the ri...
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