Tag: launch

On 27 November 2023, the ESA Commercialisation Days: Transportation event will take place. Key actors from the transportation and space sectors will come together to develop new synergies. Read the story below from EV8 Technologies, one of the start-ups...

Madrid (AFP) Oct 7, 2023
A Spanish company launched the country's first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club of space-faring nations. The launch of the small MIURA1 rocket took place at 02:19 am (0019 GMT) from a military base in the southern region of Andalusia, according to the company, PLD Space. The company hailed the launch as "successful" and said it had achie

Precious Payload is delighted to announce the addition of Arrow Science and Technology to its Launch.ctrl marketplace for satellite launches. The satellite integrator, renowned for its extensive space mission heritage, offers highly demanded, rare launch slots on established rockets—both...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket stands ready to launch prototype spacecraft for Amazon's Project Kuiper, a satellite network that will provide fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The encapsulated payload arrived at...

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), a subsidiary of Yahsat, has secured a significant new contract with the UAE government worth over $5 billion. The deal, announced on September 22nd, grants YGS an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) to provide satellite capacity and...

Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a contract with Leidos to launch four HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) missions. The missions, scheduled across 2024 and 2025, will lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 at Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Rocket Lab was selected by Leidos to provide hypersonic test la

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has signed a new launch services agreement with a confidential customer for a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) mission from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in 2024. The contract signing with a new customer came just days after Rocket Lab successfully launched the

Rocket Lab USA has recently announced a block buy deal for five Electron launches with BlackSky, a provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services. This partnership solidifies Rocket Lab as the primary launch provider for BlackSky's constellation,...

Thales Alenia Space has secured new contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ground mission segment and system engineering activities of Galileo Second Generation (GSG). The contracts are valued at 300 million euros ($333 million). Additionally, Thales...