Tag: rocket

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) spacecraft, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with launch services managed by NASA’s Launch Service...

Australian rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have successfully completed the final qualification test-fire of its Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country's first orbital launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket next year. The Queensland-based launch company...

Since Astra’s founding in 2016 we’ve been on a mission to Improve Life on Earth from Space® by delivering customer payloads to orbit through frequent and reliable dedicated launches as economically as possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEE3QzrtdPg Our goal with Launch System 1 was...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Aug. 26, 2022 – Two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) five-segment solid rocket boosters will help launch the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center,...

 UK rocket company Skyrora has taken another important stride towards achieving a sovereign orbital launch from British soil by opening a new manufacturing and production facility, the largest of its kind in the UK. After recently opening its engine...

The TRISAT-R nanosatellite, in the production of which the SkyLabs company also participated, successfully passed the maiden launch of the new Vega-C rocket and was successfully delivered to the target orbit. TRISAT-R is an institutional non-commercial nanosatellite mission primed by...

Launch services provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG has tested its staged combustion Helix engine for the first time for a total duration of 74 seconds. This marks the successful completion of the first test campaign of the Helix flight...

The Ariane 6 central core (composed of the core stage and upper stage), assembled and left the Launcher Assembly Building for the first time, en route to its new launch pad, which was built under the supervision of CNES,...

CompPair Technologies joins the ArianeGroup consortium to define the 2025-2050 technology and demonstrators roadmaps for the European Space Agency (ESA) reusable space vehicles. This work is part of the New European Space Transportation Solutions (NESTS) framework and specifically for...

Vaya Space announced the successful launch of its hybrid rocket from Mojave, California operating under an existing FAA waiver. The suborbital flight demonstrated its hybrid rocket design using 3D printed fuel grains created from recycled thermoplastics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldAB8SDmLMo This launch paves the...