14 August 2017
Falcon 9 to launch super-computer and army satellite
... for growing vegetables in space. The Falcon 9 will also launch the U.S. Army's Kestrel Eye electro-optical microsatellite. The Kestrel Eye, built by Adcole Maryland Aerospace, will provide satellite imagery via a data relay network...
22 May 2020
Virgin Orbit to attempt first orbital launch starting Sunday
... with one for NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services program carrying a collection of smallsats. Delivering CubeSats and microsatellites to orbit was the impetus behind the creation of LauncherOne says Virgin Orbit, who say that our...
18 January 2022
First of 40 planned launches for China
... and Technology Corp (CASC), the country’s state-owned main space contractor. The Innovation Academy for Microsatellites under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed the Shiyan-13 satellite and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight...
21 November 2023
Britain announces plan to launch EO satellite
... of Earth observation satellites in November 2022. The baseline Atlantic Constellation, costing EUR 60 million, will consist of 16 microsatellites and be able to provide data about any place on Earth every three hours. The UK is among four other...
17 January 2020
TriSept secures dedicated rideshare mission aboard Orbex Prime
... rideshare slots aboard the Orbex rocket, which we expect will carry a complement of eight to twenty cubesats and microsatellites into orbit in 2022.” “This exciting mission with our first US customer entering the European market will...
04 September 2020
Rocket Lab secretly launches its first own designed and built satellite
...Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on August 31, 2020. Approximately 60 minutes after lift-off, Electron deployed a 100 kg microsatellite for Capella Space, an action that would typically signal the successful completion of a standard Rocket Lab mission...
