Sierra Space's Resilient GPS Satellite Program Reaches Major Milestone
LOUISVILLE, Colorado – January 16, 2025 – Sierra Space, Inc., a leading commercial aerospace and defense technology company building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth® and protect economic ...
Read MoreFirefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Successfully Launches and Begins 45-Day Transit to the Moon (UPDATE)
Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, successfully acquired signal, and complet...
Read MoreRFA receives launch licence from the UK
Augsburg, Germany – January 16th, 2025. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), a European leader in developing flexible and low-cost launch services, proudly announces that it has officially received its spac...
Read MoreBlue Origin’s New Glenn Reaches Orbit
New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today's NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC) fr...
Read MoreICEYE launches four new satellites, supporting additional customer missions
Helsinki, Finland - January 15, 2025 - ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for high-fidelity Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastro...
Read MoreVarda's Second Mission, W-2, Launches with Payloads from Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA
Varda Space Industries, Inc. today announced the successful launch of its second orbital processing and reentry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX f...
Read Moreispace Announces Mission 2 Launch Date & Time
TOKYO –January 9, 2025 – ispace, inc. (ispace) )(TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, announced today that its SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 featuring the RESILIENCE lunar lander...
Read MoreInterstellar Reached Agreement on Capital and Business Alliance with Woven by Toyota, a Toyota Group Company to Become a Leading Space Infrastructure Provider
Hokkaido, Japan – Interstellar Technologies Inc. (“Interstellar”), a leading space infrastructure company committed to addressing global challenges through space transportation and utilization, is exc...
Read MoreStarship's seventh flight test
The upcoming flight test will launch a new generation ship with significant upgrades, attempt Starship’s first payload deployment test, fly multiple reentry experiments geared towards ship catch and r...
Read MoreBlue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Completes Integrated Launch Vehicle Hotfire
New Glenn successfully completed an integrated launch vehicle hotfire test today, the final major milestone on our road to first flight. NG-1 will carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested ...
Read MoreICEYE expands its Earth Observation capabilities with launch of two SAR satellites for mid-inclination orbit on the Bandwagon-2 mission with SpaceX
Helsinki, Finland - December 21, 2024 - ICEYE, the global leader in SAR satellite operations for Earth Observation and persistent monitoring, announced today that it has launched two new satellites t...
Read MoreHyImpulse unveils HyMOVE Orbital Transfer Vehicle and partners with Spacemanic to Boost Small Satellite Missions
HyImpulse Technologies GmbH ("HyImpulse"), a leading European provider of hybrid propulsion systems and small satellite
launch solutions, unveils HyMOVE, its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Designed ...
Read MoreRocket Lab Successfully Deploys Satellite for Synspective, Caps Off Year with 60% Increase in Launches YoY
Mahia, New Zealand. 22 December 2024 – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it successfully comple...
Read MoreFirefly Awarded $179 Million NASA Contract for Moon Delivery to Gruithuisen Domes
Cedar Park, Texas, December 18, 2024 – Firefly Aerospace, Inc., the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, was awarded an approximately $179.6 million NASA contract to deliver and operate six...
Read MoreAxiom Space Accelerates Axiom Station Assembly
Axiom Space announced today that it is revising the Axiom Station module sequence to enable its commercial space station to become an independent orbital platform as early as 2028.
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Virgin Galactic Partners with Italy’s Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile to Conduct Spaceport Feasibility Study
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (the “Company” or “Virgin Galactic”) and Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (“ENAC”), the civil aviation authority of Italy, today announced the signing ...
Read MoreSeven Re-Entry Missions with Space Cargo Unlimited
Fly Soon, Fly Safe, Fly Back: How Space Cargo Unlimited And ATMOS Join Forces To Industrialize Low-Earth-Orbit With 7 Re-Entry Missions
This collaboration represents an important milestone in the Eur...
Read MoreBlue Ring Pathfinder Payload Ready for Launch; Blue Origin’s New Glenn on Track for This Year
Blue Origin’s payload for New Glenn’s first mission, NG-1, is ready for launch this year. NG-1 will carry the company’s Blue Ring Pathfinder and mark the rocket’s first National Security Space Launch ...
Read Moreispace and Magna Petra Agree to Future Resources Exploration on the Moon’s Surface
TOKYO –December 10, 2024 – ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, and Magna Petra, the first lunar resources company engaged in the prospecting, extraction and return...
Read MoreLockheed Martin’s Newest Technology Demo for Space Connectivity Is Ready for Launch on Firefly rocket
Littleton, Colo., December 9, 2024 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] newest technology demonstration, called the Tactical Satellite (TacSat), is complete and ready for launch in 2025 aboard a Firefly Ae...
Read MoreSierra Space Signs Agreements to Enhance Manufacturing in Microgravity
LOUISVILLE, Colorado – 4 december 2024 –Sierra Space, a leading commercial aerospace and defense technology company building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth®, today announced two new agre...
Read MoreNeuraspace installs its second optical telescope in Chile for global satellite tracking coverage
We have installed and activated our second optical telescope, located in Chile, to expand satellite tracking coverage over the southern hemisphere. This complements our existing telescope installed at...
Read MoreOrbex to Begin Development of Medium-sized Launch Vehicle and Switch Launch Operations to SaxaVord Spaceport
Spaceflight company Orbex is to focus its operations exclusively on developing small and medium sized space rockets after switching its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland. The company...
Read MoreUmbra Selected for NRO Strategic Commercial Enhancements Stage III, Strengthening U.S. SAR Capabilities
December 4, 2024 – Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company operating the world’s highest-resolution commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, has been awarded the Stage III...
Read MorePLD Space secures an €11 million loan from COFIDES to accelerate the development of the MIURA 5 launch site
Madrid (Spain), 2 December 2024. PLD Space, a Spanish company specializing in the development of reusable space launchers, has secured an €11 million loan from COFIDES to support the development of th...
Read MoreOpen Cosmos signs 35m€ contract with ESA for 3 satellites to monitor Earth’s magnetic field
Today, Open Cosmos and the European Space Agency signed the contract for the development, launch, and commissioning of NanoMagSat, the 3rd mission in the ESA Scout framework tapping into New Space and...
Read MoreRocket Lab Successfully Launches Two Missions in Less Than 24 Hours
Mahia, New Zealand. November 25, 2024. – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 56th...
Read MoreSlingshot Aerospace Awarded NOAA Contract to Develop Presentation Layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)
El Segundo, CA – November 26, 2024 — Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, today announce...
Read MoreFirefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon Readies for Launch
Cedar Park, Texas, November 25, 2024 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced it successfully completed environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lu...
Read MoreDawn Aerospace Achieves Historic Flight - Breaks Sound Barrier and Global Records
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand – 19 November 2024 – Multinational aerospace company Dawn Aerospace has made history with the successful supersonic flight of its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraf...
Read MoreICEYE to lead industry consortium to deliver advanced space technologies and analytics to Finnish Government F-35 Industrial Participation program
Helsinki, Finland - November 20, 2024 - ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, will be the consortium lead in an industrial participatio...
Read MoreLunar Outpost Signs with SpaceX for Starship Moon Mission
Lunar Outpost, the industry leader in lunar surface mobility, commercial space robotics, and space resources, today announced it has signed an agreement with SpaceX to deliver Lunar Outpost’s Lunar Te...
Read MoreSierra Space's commercial space station technology nears certification
LOUISVILLE, Colorado – 20 november 2024 – Sierra Space, Inc., a leading commercial aerospace and defense technology company building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth, ® today announced the...
Read MoreESA is extending its commitment to the new generation of commercial-led European launch services through its ‘Boost!’ programme
Several first launches of new rockets are close in Europe. Like a new product launch for startups but with a literal liftoff, the months before an inaugural flight can be critical for companies with l...
Read MoreThe Exploration Company raises $160 million Series B led by Balderton and Plural to build the first European space capsule
Bordeaux, Munich, Houston, Turin, 18 November 2024: The Exploration Company
(TEC), a leading European space tech, announces it has raised $160 million in Series B
funding co-led by Balderton Capital...
Read MoreIntuitive Machines unveils Moon Racer LTV
Intuitive Machines unveiled the Moon RACER lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) at Space Center Houston on Thursday, November 7. RACER, an acronym for Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, accommodates...
Read MoreAST SpaceMobile announces Launch Services Agreements with Blue Origin
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, and designed for b...
Read MoreRocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Contract for Neutron with Confidential Commercial Satellite Constellation Operator
Long Beach, California. November 12, 2024. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has signed a m...
Read MoreFirefly Aerospace Closes Oversubscribed $175 Million Series D Capital Raise with New Lead Investor
Cedar Park, Texas, November 12, 2024 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced it closed an oversubscribed $175 million Series D round at a valuation of ...
Read MoreCzech Ministry of Transport Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vast to Partner on Engagement with Czech Space Industry
The Czech Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vast, the U.S.-based pioneer in space habitation technologies. The Memorandum, signed as part of Czech Space Week, o...
Read MoreSpire Global and OroraTech Awarded NASA Contract for Wildfire Monitoring
VIENNA, Va., October 29, 2024 — Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, was awarded a concept study contract by...
Read MoreFrom Contract to Space in Less Than Ten Weeks: Rocket Lab Launches its 54th Electron Mission
Long Beach, California. 05 November, 2024. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 54...
Read MoreGilmour Space receives first Australian launch permit for orbital test flight
Gold Coast & Bowen, QLD — November 5, 2024 — Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic MP, and the Australian Space Agency has granted the country’s first orbital launch permit to Gilmour Space Tech...
Read MoreIntroducing ispace-U.S.’s Relay Satellites Alpine and Lupine
Relay satellites are crucial to advancing the cislunar economy by facilitating communication and data transfer between Earth and lunar operations. Their strategic positioning enables continuous connec...
Read MoreAST SpaceMobile Successfully Completes Unfolding of First Five Commercial Satellites in Low Earth Orbit
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both ...
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