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Indian Space Agency tests cryogenic engine for its first-ever manned mission
Jan 13, 2022 (Sputnik)
India's space exploration agency ISRO achieved a significant milestone with the successful long-duration cryogenic engine test for the Gaganyaan project on Wedn...
Astroscale U.S. and Orbit Fab sign first on-orbit satellite fuel sale agreement
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
Under the terms of this initial agreement, Orbit Fab's GEO fuel shuttle will resupply Astroscale's fleet of LEXI Servicers with up to 1,000 kilograms of Xenon p...
Ride into space on Vega-C secured for FLEX and Altius
Jan 12, 2022 (ESA)
The contract was signed by ESA's Acting Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA's Director of Space Transportation, Daniel Neuenschwa...
Gilmour Space fires up for 2022 with Australia's largest rocket engine test
Jan 11, 2022 (SPX)
The 75-second test was a major milestone for Gilmour Space, which is developing Australian Made rockets that will, over the next five years, be capable of launc...
Arianespace consolidates leadership in commercial market with 15 Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launches in 2021
Jan 10, 2022 (SPX)
The company posted revenues exceeding 1.25 billion euros, an increase of 30% over 2020. It has a backlog of 36 launches, with 22 more satellites added in 2021. ...
Prestwick Spaceport Files Planning Application Notice
Jan 10, 2022 (SPX)
The submission of the POAN follows the Council's submission of an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report last year which confirms that Prestwick's spa...
NASA releases autonomous flight termination unit software to industry
Jan 06, 2022 (SPX)
NAFTU is a game-changing command and control system available to launch vehicle providers for use at all U.S. launch ranges in ensuring public safety during lau...
Rogozin says Baikonur security strengthened amid Kazakhstan protests
Jan 06, 2022 (Sputnik)
Rogozin noted that the situation at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is calm as "Roscosmos' branches, law enforcement bodies, city services and organizations are working...
Bezos' Blue Origin teams up with U.S. military 'rocket cargo' program
Jan 01, 2022 (UPI)
The Amazon founder's Blue Origin rocket company and USTRANSCOM, which oversees global military logistics, signed the cooperative research and development agreem...
Astra Space faces critics, skeptics as it plans Florida launch
Jan 01, 2022 (UPI)
The California-based company announced Dec. 6 that it planned to launch NASA satellites in January from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Since then, the comp...
Last SpaceX launch of 2022 carries Israeli reconnoissance satellite into orbit
Dec 30, 2021 (UPI)
The EROS-3 Earth-imaging satellite was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:38 p.m. Thursday. The first stage ...
Precise Ariane 5 launch likely to extend Webb's expected lifetime
Dec 30, 2021 (ESA)
Webb's precise launch on an ESA-provided Ariane 5 rocket was performed by Arianespace on behalf of ESA from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The analysis sh...
Musk says his 'tiny' satellites can't block any rival spacecraft
Dec 30, 2021 (Sputnik)
Elon Musk has responded to multiple claims that his company's Starlink satellites take up too much space in Earth's orbit, claiming that "tens of billions" of s...
Virgin Orbit expected to list on NASDAQ
Dec 30, 2021 (SPX)
Also, NextGen and the Virgin Group announced that the minimum cash condition required for the merger to be completed has been satisfied, which will provide Virg...
Falcon 9 rocket launches 54 Starlink satellites
Dec 28, 2021 (UPI)
The rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:34 a.m. The mission was SpaceX's 60th of the year, nearly double the total from last year. One ...
Russia stages 'successful' third launch of new rocket
Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)
Space agency Roscosmos announced late Monday that the next-generation Angara-A5 rocket had been launched with a mock payload from Plesetsk in northern Russia. I...
NASA Builds Artemis III Core Stage Forward Skirt
Dec 28, 2021 (SPX)
The forward skirt sits atop the rocket's core stage, and it will be outfitted with the rocket's flight computers and avionics systems to control SLS during laun...
PLD Space closes a Series B investment round of $28 million
Dec 28, 2021 (SPX)
The operation, led by Arcano Partners, Aciturri and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) through the co-investment initiative of Innvi...
Virgin Orbit and Arqit expand launch agreements
Dec 28, 2021 (SPX)
The two Arqit satellites delivered to Earth orbit by Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne air-launched system will be the core component of Arqit's Platform-as-a-Service,...
Scientists at PPPL and Princeton University demonstrate a novel rocket for deep-space exploration
Dec 27, 2021 (SPX)
The miniaturized system powered by plasma - the state of matter composed of free-floating electrons and atomic nuclei, or ions - measures little more than an in...
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