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Ravn X is a next-generation autonomous launch vehicle (AuLV) being developed by Aevum to deliver autonomous launch services for both government and commercial customers.

Recently, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has launched the Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) from Cape Canaveral, Fla. “This flight is a key milestone for us,” said Dan Merenda, managing director RUAG Space USA. “For the very first…

In a case of real life imitating reel life, lasers in space might well speed communications between Earth and deep space

In a case of real life imitating reel life, lasers in space might well speed communications between Earth and deep space

In a case of real life imitating reel life, lasers in space might well speed communications between Earth and deep space

In a case of real life imitating reel life, lasers in space might well speed communications between Earth and deep space

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission got spaceborne in the early morning hours of Dec. 7 after a 5:19 a.m. launch aboard a United

NASAs new laser technology is finally space-bound. After much anticipation and a two-year delay, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) was launched today (December 8) at 5:19am EST. According to NASAs social media updates, the LCRD was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on an Atlas V rocket of the United Launch Alliance.

--The STP-3 mission launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V

An Atlas V rocket lit up the predawn sky over Florida early Tuesday (Dec. 7) to launch a novel NASA laser space communications satellite into orbit.