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The new launch complex built for Europe’s upcoming Ariane 6 rocket has now been inaugurated at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. With this event, ESA celebrates another important milestone in […]
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CesiumAstro, Inc. successfully launched and deployed the first of their two satellites that feature their communications payloads aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket. Dubbed Cesium Mission 1 (CM1), […]
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifts off at 11:12 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base on September 27, 2021, carrying NASA’s Landsat 9 and multiple smallsat payloads […]
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Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth’s land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday, September 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A joint […]
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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Cross-Mission Ground & Communications Enterprise (ECX) has awarded a cost-plus fixed fee contract totaling $47.5 million to Sev1Tech LLC of Woodbridge, Virginia. […]
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Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), continues the program’s role of repeat global observations for monitoring, understanding and managing Earth’s natural resources — […]
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Space Systems Command (SSC) is partnering with industry on prototype projects to invest in next generation rocket engine testing and upper stage resiliency enhancements. SSC’s Launch Enterprise has awarded FY21 […]
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The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has announced the fourth annual “20 Under 35” list of outstanding young space and satellite professionals age 35 and under. The honorees will […]
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed two contracts with ArianeGroup to deliver technology to Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher, managed and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). KONGSBERG […]
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Xplore Inc. has received a $2 million contract from National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) within the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the Department of Defense (DoD). This funding will accelerate […]
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