Launch

On Oct. 19, Relativity Space revealed that it will launch Lockheed Martin’s in-orbit refueling demonstration as part of participation in the NASA Tipping Point contract. This demonstration mission is expected...

A Rocket Lab Electron vehicle lifted satellites for Planet and Canon Electronics to orbit on Wednesday. In the mission dubbed “In Focus,” Electron took off from Launch Complex 1 in...

LeoLabs has signed a commercial agreement with SpaceX for use of its Launch and Early Orbit service to track Starlink satellites. This service will track Starlink satellites from deployment through...

SpaceX’s latest Starlink launch on Saturday, Oct. 24 was also a milestone for its Falcon rocket. The launch marked the 100th successful flight of a Falcon rocket since Falcon 1...

Airbus Ventures last week revealed that it has invested in Zero Error Systems (ZES), a Singapore-based startup debuting “smart chip” technology to protect satellites from radiation damage. The approximately $1.8...

Lockheed Martin revealed Thursday that it will develop U.K. launch operations from Shetland Space Centre. The U.K. Space Agency confirmed that Lockheed Martin’s plans to move its U.K. Pathfinder Launch...

Kleos Space on Thursday revealed that nanosatellite company Innovative Solutions In Space B.V. (ISISpace) will provide turnkey satellite build and support for the Kleos Space – Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1)....

ABL Space Systems has completed integrated stage testing of its RS1 small satellite launch vehicle, the company announced Oct. 22. Testing was performed on the RS1 second stage with the...

Launch integration and mission management service provider TriSept Corporation signed a contract with the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) unit to broker and integrate a cubesat technology...

Launch and in-space service provider Firefly Aerospace was contracted by imagery and sensing satellite operator Spire Global to send multiple Lemur spacecraft into orbit on Firefly’s Alpha rocket spread out...