NASA has selected three companies to compete to land the next-generation Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) that will be intended to be used during the Artemis V mission. The 3 companies selected are Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Astrolab. These companies will now compete to develop a lander for a demonstration mission ahead of Artemis V […]
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SpaceX successfully launched and landed a Falcon 9 for the 20th time on Friday, April 12th, marking a new milestone for flight-proven rockets. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which broke its own turn-around record with just 2 days, 19 hours, and 42 minutes between launches. […]
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SpaceX successfully launched a new-generation weather satellite for the Department of Defense on Thursday, April 11th, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 7:25 a.m. PT to complete the USSF-62 mission. The payload on board was the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M1) satellite. […]
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Blue Origin is preparing its next crewed mission this month, its first with a crew in a year and a half. This will be the first crewed mission since and second overall launch since a nozzle failure caused the flight termination system to trigger during a launch in September 2022. The mission will launch from […]
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Rocket Lab is readying for its next launch no earlier than April 24th from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The mission, Beginning of the Swarm, will feature two payloads being deployed to completely different orbits. Welcome to LC-1, @KAISTPR! NEONSAT-1 is going through checkouts in the cleanroom at Launch Complex […]
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The Delta IV Heavy has flown for the final time, successfully launching a top-secret payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station yesterday afternoon, taking to the skies one last time with its iconic fireball engine start-up at 12:53 pm […]
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SpaceX launched another batch of 23 Starlink satellites to orbit very early this morning. The launch was originally meant to launch at 12:04 am ET but was shifted a couple of times due to unknown reasons until settling on a launch time of 1:40 am ET. Engines full power and liftoff! pic.twitter.com/L4MbnK53wz — SpaceX (@SpaceX) […]
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SpaceX began the deployment of their Direct to Cell Starlink satellites following a successful launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Saturday evening. Of the 21 satellites launched, 6 of them feature an advanced modem that is capable of connecting directly to cell phones the same way phones connect to land-based cell towers. Liftoff […]
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SpaceX launched its first Bandwagon rideshare mission on Sunday, sending eleven payloads to orbit. The mission took off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center to send the satellites to a mid-inclination orbit. Liftoff of Bandwagon-1! pic.twitter.com/wdf6ZaCA91 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 7, 2024 This is the second type of rideshare offered by SpaceX, which […]
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The Australian-based rocket company Gilmour Space is looking to launch its Eris orbital launch vehicle no earlier than April 2024. Based out of Queensland, Australia, Gilmour Space has been slowly but steadily testing all of the components of its Eris rocket ahead of a planned launch this year. The 3-stage rocket can launch up to […]
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