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CST signs agreement with Gilmour Space for the launch of 50kg to LEO
Aug 10, 2022 (SPX)
The combination of Gilmour Space's orbital launch services and full CST oversight will offer an affordable launch solution to satellite customers needing access...
The space economy gets major tech advancement with hybrid mobility packages
Aug 09, 2022 (SPX)
Benchmark's turn-key hybrid chemical + electric propulsion systems will leverage the high thrust capabilities of its non-toxic chemical Halcyon HTP propulsion s...
China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y3 launches three satellites
Aug 09, 2022 (XNA)
The rocket blasted off at 12:11 pm (Beijing Time) Aug 9, 2022 from the launch site, sending three satellites into the planned orbit. Two satellites will provide...
Northrop Grumman teams with Firefly to further develop Antares launcher
Aug 09, 2022 (SPX)
"Through our collaboration, we will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply ...
Blue Origin sends first Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
Mission "N-22" saw the New Shepard suborbital rocket blast off around 8:58 am local time (1358 GMT) from Blue's base in the west Texas desert. The autonomous, r...
SpaceX debris discovered in Australian sheep paddock
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
The ethereal-looking debris, believed to have plummeted to Earth on July 9, was found last week in Dalgety -- a remote area near Australia's Snowy Mountains, ab...
Virgin Galactic secures land for new astronaut campus and training facility
Aug 04, 2022 (SPX)
The land, located in Sierra County, will be home to a new, first of its kind astronaut campus, for exclusive use by Virgin Galactic Future Astronauts and up to ...
Ready for take-off as Prestwick Spaceport takes a giant leap forward in rocket launches
Jul 28, 2022 (SPX)
Astraius, the UK-based, horizontal launch company, has partnered with two new 'best-of-the-best' industry leaders and strategic suppliers as part of its innovat...
NASA prepares for Space Launch System rocket services contract
Jul 27, 2022 (SPX)
"SLS is not just a NASA investment, it has been a national investment. Through this contract approach, we are working to enable the use of this one-of-a-kind he...
Marine Management Organisation opens consultation on Virgin Orbit launch site
Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)
Virgin Orbit proposes to conduct a maximum of one launch in 2022 and two launches per year over the next 8 years (January 2023 - December 2030). As the material...
CAA launches consultation on UK space launch from Cornwall
Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)
To launch, Spaceport Cornwall must have a spaceport operator licence and Virgin Orbit must be issued a launch operator licence by the Civil Aviation Authority. ...
Northrop Grumman and NASA test SLS booster
Jul 22, 2022 (SPX)
Over 300 measurement channels assessed the 154-foot-long solid rocket booster as it fired for just over two minutes producing upwards of 3.6 million pounds of t...
Rocket launches can create night-shining clouds away from the poles
Jul 22, 2022 (SPX)
"Space traffic plays an important role in the formation and variation of these clouds," says Michael Stevens of the Naval Research Laboratory, the lead author o...
Australian rocketry team regains sky wings with triple win at Spaceport America Cup
Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)
The results were announced after a nail-biting, three-week wait due to a data recovery error. Bluewren soared to a height of 29,933 feet - roughly nine kilometr...
Patent approved for space propulsion system poised to transform orbital space logistics
Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)
The company's Omnivore thruster, which powers its Worker Bee space tugs, marks a significant departure from existing rocket propellant systems because it operat...
Dawn Aerospace awarded EU contract for hydrazine-replacement program
Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)
The grant will contribute to Dawn's continued investment in hydrazine-replacement technology. The propulsion technology will have the size and performance of a ...
Third Test Flight for DARPA's HAWC Yields New Performance Data
Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)
This second flight of Raytheon's HAWC design leveraged data collected during the 2021 flight. After release from an aircraft, the first stage boosted the vehicl...
NASA, GE complete historic hybrid-electric propulsion tests
Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)
But creating such a complex system comes with a serious challenge: How do you safely test it under the high-altitude conditions where it would need to operate? ...
NASA, Northrop Grumman to test fire future Artemis booster motor
Jul 17, 2022 (SPX)
"The current SLS boosters for the first eight Artemis missions are using a robust mix of new avionics and substantial heritage hardware from the Space Shuttle P...
Rocket Lab's MAX Flight Software surpasses 50th mission milestone
Jul 15, 2022 (SPX)
Developed by Colorado-based Advanced Solutions Inc (ASI), which was acquired by Rocket Lab in October 2021, the off-the-shelf spacecraft flight software, MAX, s...
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