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SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, May 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 […]
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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has returned a previously flown Electron rocket first stage tank into the Electron production line for the first time in preparation for reflying the […]
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FINAL UPDATE: SpaceX launched its huge Starship rocket for the third time on Thursday from the company’s launch site in South Texas at 9:25 a.m. ET. on a key test […]
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Sierra Space has successfully completed the initial phase of environmental testing on the Dream Chaser® spaceplane, Tenacity®, at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Over the past month, […]
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Orbex has been granted an international patent across more than a dozen countries to protect the firm’s coaxial tanking technology, which nests the main rocket fuel tank within the main […]
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Australia’s space race is gathering pace with Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies raising a $55 million (US$36 million) Series D round ahead of the firm’s first orbital test flight this year. […]
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Latitude, the company that designed the French light space launcher Zephyr scheduled for maiden launch in 2025, continues its rapid growth. This $30 million fundraising round is supported by Latitude’s […]
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Impulse Space has unveiled design specifications for the company’s latest vehicle: Helios, a high performance kick stage. Using a medium-lift launch vehicle, Helios is designed to take payloads of over […]
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T-minus 5 minutes, 50 seconds and counting. The Centaur V upper stage is undergoing final configuring for launch as the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen replenishment from the ground systems […]
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A new spacecraft engine powered by in-situ propellants that provides enhanced in-space maneuverability and greater payload capacity, is being developed by Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI). The Atmosphere-Refueling Magnetic Induction Plasma […]
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