During October 2021’s Small Payload Ride Share Association Symposium, a collection of small satellite launch providers gave updates on current and future projects. These providers range from those preparing for first flights, others in the middle of their test flight program, and still others that have already delivered operational payloads. A common theme was having eyes on reusability as future evolutions for small satellite launch systems.
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Lucy in final preparations for launch, Principal Investigator discusses mission’s trajectory
After being shipped to Florida in early August, NASA’s most daring asteroid exploration mission yet…
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Artemis
EGS, Jacobs completing first round of Artemis 1 pre-launch integrated tests prior to Orion stacking
by Philip SlossNASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program and prime launch support contractor Jacobs are working to…
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United Launch Alliance has launched NASA’s most powerful Earth-imaging satellite, Landsat 9, on an Atlas…
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The launch of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is now targeting December 13,…
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United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan pathfinder has rolled out to SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral for tank…
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EuropeanInternationalMarsOtherRussian
ExoMars 2022 mission in final testing, ESA & Roscosmos prepare for approaching launch
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos are preparing for the 2022 launch of the…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made their second launch of 2021 with a…
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ArtemisBoeing/StarlinerEuropean
Boeing working on multiple Cores, first EUS hardware for Artemis missions 2-4
by Philip SlossIn addition to supporting the upcoming first launch of NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS)…
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Seventeen years after Sir Richard Branson watched SpaceShipOne win the Ansari X-Prize, the English entrepreneur…
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InternationalUncrewed
James Webb passes critical mission review for 2021 launch, final testing nearing completion
The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has passed its critical final mission analysis…
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The first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage is now being readied for the program’s…
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Boeing/StarlinerCommercialISS
ULA, Boeing, and NASA prepare for uncrewed and crewed Starliner flight tests
United Launch Alliance (ULA), Boeing, and NASA have all started their final preparations for the…
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NASA is currently forecasting that Artemis 2 will be ready to launch no earlier than…
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Artemis
SLS Core Stage Green Run validates propulsion system performance and modeling
by Philip SlossEngineers with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and prime Core Stage contractor Boeing continue…
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EuropeanInternationalISSOtherSpaceX
Endeavour moved to 39A as astronauts arrive and Crew-2 mission is cleared for launch
by Mihir NealShane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Thomas Pesquet, and Akihiko Hoshide have arrived at the Kennedy Space…
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ArtemisBoeing/Starliner
MAF continues tornado/hurricane recovery while building SLS stages under pandemic restrictions
by Philip SlossBoeing is moving into the final phases of standalone integration and outfitting of Core Stage-2…
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Artemis
NASA, Boeing reviewing terabytes of SLS Core Stage data from full-duration Green Run static fire
by Philip SlossNASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program, Core Stage prime contractor Boeing, and RS-25 prime contractor…
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The Indian Space Research Organization has launched their first mission of 2021 with a flight…
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At the 47th Spaceport Summit, formerly known as Space Congress, the Cape Canaveral Space Force…