WASHINGTON — NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of cubesats in 2024 to monitor energy entering and exiting the polar regions of the planet. NASA announced Aug. 14 it awarded a task order through its Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract to Rocket Lab for the […]
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TAMPA, Fla. — GHGSat has ordered another four 16U cubesats from Spire Global for a launch no earlier than 2024 to expand its greenhouse gas-monitoring constellation, the Canadian satellite operator announced Aug. 8. The satellites, each the size of 16 cubesats, are identical to the three GHGSat ordered from Spire […]
LOGAN, Utah – Japanese startup Pale Blue announced a contract Aug. 7 to supply water vapor thrusters for South Korea’s Yonsei University. “With this contract we can expand our Asian connections and partnerships to collaborate more with India, Thailand and with other countries as well,” Emily Okuhara, Pale Blue manager […]
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched a second pair of NASA storm-tracking cubesats late May 25, six years and three dozen flights after the company’s first orbital launch attempt. The Electron rocket lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 11:46 p.m. Eastern. It […]
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron launched a pair of NASA cubesats designed to monitor the development of tropical storms, 11 months after the first satellites in the constellation were lost when a different rocket failed. The Electron lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at […]
WASHINGTON — One NASA-funded lunar cubesat has recovered from a communications glitch while engineers are developing backup plans for another cubesat that has suffered a propulsion problem. NASA announced Feb. 8 that controllers had restored the ability to send commands to the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Spire Global is adding propulsion to its multipurpose Lemur satellite constellation. French startup ThrustMe announced plans Sept. 1 to provide seven I2T5 iodine cold gas propulsion systems for Spire three-unit cubesats scheduled to launch later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission. “Incorporating propulsion into […]
WASHINGTON — The first flight of the Space Launch System will carry along with the Orion spacecraft 10 cubesats intended to carry out missions from prospecting for lunar ice to flying by an asteroid — if they’re not dead on arrival. Preparations continue for an Aug. 29 launch of the […]