Evolution Space has announced the successful completion of its first space mission, Gold Chain Cowboy. The rocket reached apogee at 124.5 kilometers (408,456 ft), 24.5 km past the Kármán line - the internationally recognized boundary of space - at 8:12 am on Saturday, April 22nd, 2023. This consequently marked a significant milestone for the company and the greater space launch industry. Furthermore, the success also sees the Company become the 9th privately funded US company to pass the Kármán line and reach space.
Read More »The Swiss Federal Council Adopts its 2023 Space Policy
The Swiss Federal Council has strengthened its commitment to space by adopting its 2023 Space Policy. This sets the course for the Confederation’s future space activities, providing a policy that is coordinated with Switzerland’s players in the space sector and embedded in its international context.
Read More »Leidos Partners With NASCAR for Lunar Rover Race
Leidos and its Dynetics team have announced their intention to compete in another moon race through a promotional partnership with NASCAR. The partnership will be a collaboration between the two organizations in the areas of speed, safety, and reliability. The parties unveiled the details regarding the collaboration and design, and technology of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) during a special event at the Space Foundation's 38th annual Space Symposium, the premier assembly for the global space ecosystem.
Read More »UK Space Agency Funding for International Space Partnerships
The UK Space Agency is launching a £20 million fund to support international partnerships that will harness the UK’s national strengths, support new space capabilities, and catalyze investment. This announcement came on the opening day of the Space Symposium conference in Colorado Springs, US.
Read More »Unseenlabs Successfully Launches Ninth Satellite
Unseenlabs has announced the successful launch of BRO-9, its ninth satellite. The satellite launched into space as part of SpaceX's Transporter-7 mission from the Vandenberg space force base in California. Furthermore, the Company made contact with the satellite a few hours after the launch.
Read More »Orbit Fab Closes Series A Funding Round of $28.5 Million
Orbit Fab has announced that it has completed a successful Series A round of $28.5 million in funding during an up-round that will allow the company to accelerate fuel sales and the deployment of fuel delivery and storage infrastructure in GEO, LEO, and VLEO orbits.
Read More »Exolaunch Deploys 21 Satellites on Transporter-7 Mission
Exolaunch has successfully deployed 21 satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-7 mission. The mission launched via SpaceX Falcon 9 on April 14 at 11:48 pm PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. This is the 19th mission in Exolaunch’s flight heritage, bringing it to 290 satellites launched and taking the Company ever closer to the 300 satellites milestone.
Read More »ispace Completes Success 8 of the Mission 1 Milestones
ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, has announced that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander has completed all planned orbital control maneuvers, completing Success 8 of the Mission 1 Milestones.
Read More »JUICE Mission Successfully Launches to Jupiter
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace have successfully launched the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission after postponing it yesterday due to weather concerns. The spacecraft will now begin its eight-year journey to the Jovian system to explore its suitability for life, among other mission objectives.
Read More »Privateer Co-Founder Receives Grant for Satellite Brightness Study
Privateer Space has announced that Dr. Moriba Jah, the company’s co-founder and chief scientist, has received an award grant from the National Geographic Society and will become a National Geographic Explorer. This grant will go to Privateer’s launch of Glint Evader. Glint Evader will collect satellite data to develop software that predicts and helps astronomers anticipate when sunlight reflecting off of satellites may interfere with their observations.
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