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ULA is now able to compete to launch future NASA missions on its Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is currently in development. On April 15, NASA announced that it had awarded ULA a Launch Services (NLS) II contract.  The NLS II is a contract vehicle under which NASA places orders from commercial providers for launch services as part of its Launch Services Program (LSP). NASA has the option to annually on-ramp new launch service providers and also new launch vehicles from existing providers. NLS I...

Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation (ICE) Satellite 2 Share Launch DateSeptember 2018 Launch SiteVandenberg Air Force Base, California, US LifespanThree years Expand ICESat-2 is launched in September 2018. Credit: Nasa. The ICESat-2 spacecraft will feature the ATLAS instrument, which will measure ice-sheet topography, sea-ice freeboard, cloud and atmospheric properties, as well as global vegetation. Credit: Nasa GSFC. ICESat-2 will be launched using the Delta II rocket. ICESat-2 is expected to be lau...

Exolaunch set to introduce a Space Tug programme The Berlin-based Exolaunch – which specialises in launch and rideshare services and small satellite deployment – has introduced what it describes as an eco-friendly space tug programme. According to the company, this features a new orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) – dubbed Reliant – that will launch satellites to custom orbits in an “environmentally responsible way”. It addresses issues around satellite performance, payloads, capacity a...

  HALIFAX -- The company planing to build Canadas first spaceport in northeastern Nova Scotia has been granted an 18-month extension to begin construction. Nova Scotias Environment Department confirmed Wednesday it had granted the extension request by Maritime Launch Services on Monday. "Maritime Launch Services is expected to satisfy all conditions of the environmental assessment approval that are required to be completed in advance of project commencement by Dec. 3, 2022, at the latest,...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is pushing the target date for the debut launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket from late 2021 to late 2022.

Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Market Report 2020-2027: Military Surveillance Satellites, Communication Satellites, Navigation Satellites, Earth Observation Satellites February 03, 2021 04:28 ET | Source: Research and Markets Research and Markets Dublin, IRELAND ResearchAndMarkets.coms offering. Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Market to Reach $30.1 Billion by 2027 Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Satellite Manuf...

Record 143 small satellites launch in rideshare January 25, 2021 // By Nick Flaherty The first SmallSat rideshare service from SpaceX launched a record 143 satellites on Sunday with satellites from Germany, Finland, Italy, Denmark and Switzerland. SpaceX has launched over 50 European small satellites in a record breaking launch on Sunday. ExoLaunch in Germany coordinated the 30 satellites in a range of launchers, including one that was used for the first time aboard ...

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Spaceflight Insider Nicholas DAlessandro January 14th, 2021 An artist’s rendering of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during its ascent into orbit. Credit: Blue Origin Last month, the U.S. space agency awarded a NASA Launch Services contract to Blue Origin and its New Glenn rocket. NASA announced the award in a Dec. 16, 2020, press release, stating that Blue Origin’s orbital New Glenn rocket will be available for future missions under the agency’s Launch Services Program. The news comes i...

Cyberflunk 2020, Big Tech Ad-versity And More In This Week’s Top Tech News Read Next “Cyberflunk”–No, we are not taking a dig at the ill-fated video game. This is something more serious. The world wide cybersecurity systems were reported to have succumbed to a suspected Russian hack that compromised nearly 18,000 companies across the world including the critical government institutions of the United States of America. Okay, we lied! There is something to say about Cyberpunk 2077 as well...