https://spacewatch.global/tag/california/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:00:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/california/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/virgin-orbit-ventilators-granted-emergency-use-authorization-first-deliveries-expected-soon/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21929 Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s responsive satellite launch company, announced on 23 April 2020 that regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have granted an Emergency Use Authorization for the immediate delivery and use of a new “bridge” ventilator designed and built by the aerospace firm. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/airbus-ventures-invests-in-innovative-u-s-launch-startup-spinlaunch/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18663 Jonathan Yaney, Founder and CEO of SpinLaunch, Inc., has announced that the company has received an additional investment of U.S.$35 million for continued development of the world's first kinetic launch system, designed to provide the lowest-cost, environmentally responsible orbital launch system to serve the rapidly growing small satellite industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/virgin-galactic-successfully-assembles-second-spaceship-for-commercial-operations/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18554 Virgin Galactic has reached the "Weight on Wheels" milestone in the build of its second commercial spaceship. In this milestone, all major structural elements of the vehicle were assembled, and the vehicle deployed its main landing gear and carried its own weight for the first time. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/virgin-orbit-partners-with-satrevolution-and-polish-universities-for-mars-consortium/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 05:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16414 Scientists and engineers from nearly a dozen Polish universities have teamed up with Poland-based satellite company SatRevolution and Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit to establish a new consortium to design and carry out the world’s first dedicated commercial small satellite mission to Mars. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/uks-royal-air-force-loans-pilot-for-virgin-orbit-missions/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16300 The Royal Air Force (RAF) and Virgin Orbit announced the next step in an exciting new space partnership with the selection of an RAF test pilot to be seconded to the small satellite launch program, pending U.S. and U.K. regulatory approvals.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/rocket-lab-to-loft-astro-digital-payload-from-new-zealand-launch-site/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16275 Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has announced Astro Digital as the customer for Rocket Lab's ninth Electron mission, and fifth mission of 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/european-military-space-poland-and-usstratcom-agree-to-share-space-services-and-data/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13537 United States Strategic Command and the Polish Space Agency signed an agreement for space situational awareness (SSA) services and data at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 10 April 2019. Agreements like these lay the foundation that allows the United States to share information with allies and partners.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/germanys-exolaunch-and-virgin-orbit-sign-agreement-to-launch-small-satellites-from-launcher-one/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13526 EXOLAUNCH, a leading Germany-based launch services provider and cluster integrator for small satellites, and Virgin Orbit, a California-based launch vehicle provider for small satellites, have announced the signing of an MOU for transporting EXOLAUNCH customers’ payloads on dedicated and rideshare missions with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne as early as 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/rocket-lab-to-produce-in-house-designed-photon-satellite-platform/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13449 U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has announced the next evolution of its mission services; the in-house designed and built Photon™ satellite platform.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-darpas-r3d2-satellite-from-new-zealand/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13288 A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 23:27, 28 March 2019 UTC (12:27, 29 March NZDT). The mission launched a prototype reflect array antenna to orbit for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/space-wars-u-s-hosts-combined-space-operations-coalition-summit-at-vandenberg-afb/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12932 The Joint Force Space Component Command (JFSCC) hosted a Combined Space Operation Coalition Summit with more than 120 defence personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States at Vandenberg AFB, California, 19-22 February 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/israels-spaceil-team-successfully-launches-lunar-ambitions-with-beresheet/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12849 Space IL has successfully launched the first private spacecraft to the Moon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, 21 February 2019, carrying the Beresheet spacecraft. Beresheet, meaning beginning or genesis in Hebrew, will land on the lunar surface in approximately sixty days and will make Israel the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/australias-sydney-teleport-services-to-establish-gateway-with-pssi-teleport-in-pittsburgh/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12821 PSSI Global Services and Sydney Teleport Services (STS) are collaborating to establish a gateway between PSSI International Teleport (PIT) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the STS teleport in Sydney, Australia. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/spacewatchgl-interviews-ray-stott-of-spacespecialists-ltd/ Sun, 17 Feb 2019 09:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12764 Established in 2017, Spacespecialists is a space consultancy that offers tailored recruitment, training and speaking services to space industry clients across the globe.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/equatorial-launch-australia-inks-deal-with-us-customer/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12749 Australia’s first commercial spaceport, Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), has announced that it has inked a contract with U.S.-based TriSept Corporation, that offers launch integration services, rideshare and dedicated missions to small satellite customers. This agreement will see ELA provide an efficient launch and recovery location for the fast-growing commercial satellite and rocket launch market which is poised to pass U.S.$2.4 billion in 2024.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/exolaunch-backs-momentus-vigoride-service-for-bespoke-in-orbit-transportation/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12701 Reaching a desired orbit in space is set to become easier and more cost-effective, as space transportation start-up Momentus is soon to prove with its Vigoride service. German launch service provider, Exolaunch has signed a contract worth over U.S.$6 million with the Momentus to move its CubeSats and Microsatellites into multiple, bespoke orbits. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/virgin-galactic-achieves-spaceflight-success-with-help-from-uae-investment/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11967 Virgin Galactic, the private spaceflight company founded by Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson achieved success on 13 December 2018 after its SpaceShipTwo Unity (VSS Unity) reached suborbital space for the first time over the Mojave Desert in California, United States.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/finlands-iceye-to-launch-iceye-x2-sar-satellite-on-spacex-falcon-9/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11275 ICEYE, the Finnish Earth observation company creating the world's largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, confirmed on 8 November 2018 that it is launching the company's second SAR satellite, ICEYE-X2, into low Earth orbit on Spaceflight's SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/kazakhstan-to-launch-two-satellites-on-board-spacex-vandenberg-launch/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11209 Two Kazakh satellites are due to be launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 satellite launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 19 November 2018, marking further milestone’s for Kazakhstan’s independent space capabilities.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/rocket-lab-selects-wallops-flight-facility-for-u-s-launch-site/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10902 U.S. orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed it will build its first U.S. launch pad for the Electron rocket at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, United States. The site will be Rocket Lab’s second dedicated launch complex and builds on Rocket Lab’s existing ability to launch up to 120 times annually from the world’s only private launch site, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand.]]>