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Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has secured A$12.6 million (equivalent to $9.3 million) from new and existing institutional and sophisticated investors in Australia and the U.S. via a […]
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Following what appeared to be a normal launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Firefly Aerospace’s first Alpha rocket launch ended in a total failure. (Photo of the rocket […]
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Thanks to the imagery collection resources of Maxar, views of the destructive Caldor wildfire as the conflagration approaches the southern edge of Lake Tahoe along the California-Nevada border reveal the […]
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Airbus has been selected by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to build Thuraya 4-NGS, the next generation, mobile telecommunications system that will drive the continued advancement of Thuraya’s L-band […]
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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”) is now constructing a new production facility that is capable of supplying as many as 2,000 reaction wheels per […]
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Virgin Orbit has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a new collaboration with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), an independent, non-profit research and development organization. Under the terms of […]
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The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking responses to their Request for Proposal (RFP) to help build the Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL). T1TL is a mesh network of more […]
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Rogue Space Systems Corporation and Firefly Aerospace have signed a Launch Service Agreement (LSA). The agreement confirms that Rogue has secured the entire payload mass capacity aboard a Firefly Alpha […]
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Update: On Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 3:14 a.m. EDT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Dragon on the 23rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-23) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at […]
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Blue Origin successfully completed the 17th New Shepard mission to space and back for the program and the 8th consecutive flight for this particular vehicle. This flight featured commercial payloads […]
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