After a series of delays apparently caused by technical concerns over the upper stage, SpaceX successfully launched the South Korean military communications satellite Anasis II at 2130 GMT on 20 July. The mission utilised their Falcon 9 launch vehicle, and lifted-off...
JAXA, Japan’s equivalent of NASA, which is more formally known as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. has signed a deal with the Japanese firm IHI Aerospace to develop, build and operate the Epsilon-S solid fuel rocket. The idea is that IHI Aerospace will...
Having previously announced its intention to award Rideshare Services NOCA contracts on 16 June to five start-up small launcher companies, Aevum, Astra, X-Bow, Rocket Lab, Space Vector and VOX Space for two ride share missions each over the next two years, the...
Rocket Lab, the US-New Zealand-based small launch provider, has won a two-launch RASR (Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket) contract from the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Both launches on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket will take place from the company’s...
The previously announced sale of Spaceflight Inc – the rideshare organising part of Spaceflight Industries – to a partnership of two Japanese companies has been completed. The buyers are Mitsui & Co and Yamasa Co. Both companies will hold 50 per cent of...
At 0513 GMT, 13 June 2020, the twelfth Electron mission for Rocket Lab lifted-off from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. This mission was called “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Rocket Lab, and was carrying five payloads to LEO. The payloads were: the...
