Rocket Lab Unveils Lunar, Low-Earth Orbit Mission Plans; Peter Beck Quoted
Rocket Lab intends to conduct payload delivery missions and help expand operational range for small satellite systems.
Rocket Lab intends to conduct payload delivery missions and help expand operational range for small satellite systems.
Northrop Grumman has concluded a series of launch stress tests for a NASA-built space telescope slated for launch in 2021.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has partnered with Firefly Aerospace to jointly provide launch services to support low-Earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit and Moon missions for the government and commercial sectors.
NASA’s Redstone Test Center has concluded hot-fire tests of an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built jettison motor for the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system.
Two Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory-built spacecraft units are scheduled for decommissioning after investigating space for seven years.
Northrop Grumman-made satellites have completed ten years of operations, surpassing more than double the original four-year lifespan, in support of the Missile Defense Agency.
Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicing spacecraft and a Eutelsat communications satellite developed by the company in partnership with Airbus have been launched to geostationary transfer orbit through a Russian Proton-M rocket, NASA Spaceflight reported Tuesday.
Industry executives and government officials gathered at the Satellite Innovation 2019 conference to discuss the Department of Defense’s reliance on the commercial sector for Earth observation and communications tools, Space News reported Tuesday.
NASA may request for an extension of the testing of SpaceX’s emergency escape system, which was designed for the Dragon spacecraft, in the middle of an expiring deal with Russia, Spaceflight Now reported Monday.
Carey Smith, chief operating officer of Parsons, said the company’s move to consolidate its federal and infrastructure business units into a single structure has resulted in the elimination of stovepipes, Inside Defense reported Monday.
Blue Canyon Technologies has concluded the preliminary design review of a microsatellite for a program with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force.
Intuitive Machines is slated to launch its Nova-C lunar lander aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to carry five NASA payloads to the moon in 2021 under the Artemis program.
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