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Rocket Lab opens Archimedes Engine Test Stand at Stennis Space Center
Nov 07, 2022 (SPX)
The Archimedes Test Complex is located across a 1 million square foot area at the Stennis Space Center's A Test Complex and includes use and development of exis...
Rocket Lab deploys 152nd satellite
Nov 07, 2022 (SPX)
"Congratulations to the teams at OHB Sweden and the Swedish National Space Agency on their mission," says Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck. "It's been a lo...
China's mightiest liquid-propellant rocket engine passes key test
Nov 07, 2022 (XNA)
Developed by the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology in Xi'an of Shaanxi province, the 500-metric ton-thrust engine's first ignition test took place at t...
Iran says it successfully tested satellite launcher
Nov 05, 2022 (AFP)
The United States has repeatedly voiced concern that such launches could boost Iran's ballistic missile technology, extending to the potential delivery of nucle...
NASA rolls Moon rocket out to Kennedy Space Center launch pad
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
After two launch attempts were scrubbed this summer because of technical problems, the rocket returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building to protect it from Hurri...
NASA sounding rockets launch multiple science payloads
Nov 03, 2022 (SPX)
The Swarm Communications technology, as dubbed by its NASA Wallops creators, spreads sub-payloads up to 25 miles out from the rocket. Each cannister streams its...
Arianegroup to develop Phoebus for ESA to demonstrate future Ariane 6 Carbon Upper Stage
Nov 03, 2022 (ESA)
The objective is to reduce the weight of the upper stage by using carbon fibre instead of metal for structures such as tanks. PHOEBUS (Prototype for a Highly Op...
Sidus Space engages Dawn Aerospace to implement propulsion technology into LizzieSat
Nov 02, 2022 (SPX)
Among the novel characteristics of Sidus Space's proprietary LizzieSat is that its size allows Sidus to include propulsion and provide precision pointing and ma...
Rocket Lab set to attempt next mid-air helicopter rocket catch
Nov 02, 2022 (SPX)
Electron will carry a science research satellite by space systems provider OHB Sweden for the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). The Mesospheric Airglow/Aero...
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket for first time in three years
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Mission USSF-44, transporting cargo for the US Space Force, including the TETRA 1 satellite, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center around 9:40 am (1340 GMT)...
UCF researcher receives NASA award to develop revolutionary rocket engine technology
Oct 27, 2022 (SPX)
The project focuses on rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), which are powered by continuous Mach 5 explosions that rotate around the inside of the engine...
Gilmour Space offers tech demo satellite mission from Australia in 2024
Oct 25, 2022 (SPX)
"We're calling this our Kangaroo-1 mission, and it will be capable of carrying 125U (or 125 units) of payload volume into a mid-inclination orbit," said Shaun K...
Gilmour Space partners with Equipmake on advanced motors for rocket program
Oct 25, 2022 (SPX)
Led by former F1 engineer Ian Foley, Equipmake has forged its reputation by developing advanced EV technology for automotive OEMs and specialist supercar manufa...
AFRL upgrades rocket fabrication capabilities
Oct 24, 2022 (SPX)
The Rocket Propulsion Division, part of AFRL's Aerospace Systems Directorate, recently modernized its fabrication shop with five new computer numerical control,...
China completes test of vacuum liquid oxygen-methane rocket engine
Oct 24, 2022 (XNA)
Developed by the Chinese private rocket company LandSpace, the engine, coded TQ-15A, has a vacuum thrust of up to 836 kilonewtons. It will be used as the second...
Sidus Space executes launch agreement with Vaya Space
Oct 21, 2022 (SPX)
Sidus Space recently announced a launch agreement with SpaceX for a total of 5 expected launches in the next 13-15 months. In addition, as an ISS implementation...
NGC delivers first GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters to support Vulcan first flight
Oct 20, 2022 (SPX)
The solid rocket boosters will support the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket planned for first quarter 2023. At approxima...
Celebrating committed orders for over 200 Astra spacecraft engines
Oct 20, 2022 (SPX)
"I'm thrilled that Astra has achieved both milestones: over 200 engines ordered and delivery of two full programs," said Chris Kemp, Founder, Chairman, and CEO ...
NASA readies Superstack for upcoming JPSS-2 launch
Oct 20, 2022 (SPX)
The primary payload, JPSS-2, is the third satellite in the Joint Polar System series - a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA - and will be one of five s...
Ariane-6 stands tall on its launch pad
Oct 19, 2022 (ESA)
Assembly, transfer and installation of an upper composite validates the Ariane 6 assembly process. Now, over the next several weeks, teams from ESA, ArianeGroup...
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