https://spacewatch.global/tag/transporter-9/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/transporter-9/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/unseenlabs-launches-two-satellites-on-transporter-9-mission/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52296 UnseenLabs, a provider of radio frequency (RF) data and solutions for maritime domain awareness, announced the successful launch of its two satellites BRO-10 and BRO-11. They were launched as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission via Exolaunch on the 11th of November from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/djibouti-launches-first-satellite-aboard-transporter-9/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52258 Djibouti has launched its first satellite, Djibouti 1A, into orbit, aboard Space's Transporter-9 smallsat rideshare mission on November 11 2023.  According to Space in Africa, the East African Country developed the satellite through a joint capacity-building program between Djibouti and its technical partner, the Centre Spatial Universitaire de Montpellier (CSUM). As a result, Djiboutian engineers and technicians in France designed, constructed and tested the satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/riken-and-others-collaborate-to-launch-ninjasat-x-ray-observatory/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50497 RIKEN, Japan’s largest research institution, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, and Kongsberg NanoAvionics announced on the 7th of August their collaboration on the NinjaSat1 X-ray observation mission. The aim of this two-year mission in low Earth orbit (LEO) is to observe X-ray photons from bright X-ray objects in the universe. The NinjaSat team intends to observe black holes and neutron stars that brighten suddenly in X-rays and coordinate with on-ground optical observatories to study how matter accretes to these compact objects. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/rogue-commends-un-vote-on-asat-ban-and-creates-new-space-sustainability-policy-position/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45894 Satellite vehicle and subsystems designer, Rogue Space Systems Corporation (Rogue), has decided to support the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of Resolution 77/41, calling on all Member States not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) tests. The US-led initiative has already been adopted by ten countries.]]>