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AMAZON SECURES 3 LAUNCHES WITH SPACEX TO SUPPORT PROJECT KUIPER DEPLOYMENT
Amazon has signed a contract with SpaceX for three Falcon 9 launches to support deployment plans for Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network. Project Kuiper satellit...

SIERRA SPACE SHOOTING STAR CARGO MODULE INITIATES RIGOROUS TESTING AT NASA'S NEIL ARMSTRONG TEST FACILITY
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – Nov. 30, 2023 – Sierra Space, a leading pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced today the commencement ...

TATA ADVANCED SYSTEMS AND SATELLOGIC SIGN STRATEGIC CONTRACT TO BUILD LEO SATELLITES IN INDIA
New York, NY, USA and Mumbai, India, November 29, 2023 – Tata Advanced Systems Limited (“TASL”), India’s leading private sector player for aerospace and defense solutions, and Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ:...

FIREFLY AEROSPACE COMPLETES FIRST MIRANDA ENGINE HOT FIRE TEST
Cedar Park, Texas, November 28, 2023 – Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of ...

RFA FLIES EIGHT CUSTOMERS ON SECOND FLIGHT
Berlin, 23 November 2023 – Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) today announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for...

BEYOND GRAVITY: INNOVATING SPACE LAUNCHES WITH REUSABLE PAYLOAD FAIRING CONCEPT
Beyond Gravity, a leading international space supplier, is at the forefront of innovation and tackles the challenges of high costs with a focus on reusability. An innovative payload fairing (PLF) conc...

PAYLOADS TO BE LAUNCHED ON UPCOMING SPACEX MISSION TO THE MOON
Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover is shown in this rendering using its robotic arm to deploy a small plant pod designed by Interstellar Lab on the lunar surface. The plant pod...

STARSHIP TAKES OFF FOR SECOND TIME
Starship returned to integrated flight testing with its second launch from Starbase in Texas. While it didn’t happen in a lab or on a test stand, it was absolutely a test. What we did today will provi...

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