Rocket Lab has launched the Electron rocket for the 50th time. The reusable orbital-class rocket lifted off from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, on June 21 at 6:13 a.m., local time. The mission, dubbed No Time Toulouse, deployed five satellites to a 635-kilometer circular orbit for French internet of things...
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Rocket Lab to Lift Off Multiple SAR Satellites for Synspective; Peter Beck Quoted
Japanese Earth observation company Synspective has signed a three-year, multi-launch agreement with Rocket Lab USA to support the expansion of a synthetic aperture radar constellation. Rocket Lab will use its Electron launch vehicle to lift off 10 dedicated missions that will send payloads to orbit for the Tokyo-based company’s StriX constellation. The first one is...
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Thales, Spire, ESSP Plan Space-Based Air Traffic Management Service; Christian Rivierre Quoted
Thales, Spire Global and European Satellite Services Provider have signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop an air traffic management service based on a constellation of over 100 satellites. According to Christian Rivierre, Thales’ vice president for airspace mobility solutions, the planned “air traffic control as a service” will be the basis for a safer,...
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SDA Awards $224M PWSA Support Contract to QinetiQ; Shawn Purvis Quoted
The Space Development Agency has awarded QinetiQ US a five-year, $224 million systems engineering and technical assistance contract to support the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a low-Earth orbit satellite mesh network that will deliver secured communications and missile warning and tracking capabilities to the United States and its allies. Under the firm-fixed price contract, QinetiQ...
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NorthStar Secures Funding to Launch Space Situational Awareness Services
Canadian space company NorthStar Earth & Space has secured $14.7 million in funding from Telesystem Space, the Luxembourg Future Fund and the government of Quebec for its satellite constellation operations. The investment will fund the company’s mission to launch four satellites that would be part of the world’s first space-based commercial space situational awareness services,...