Having finally received the fixed number of “institutional launches” that the company needed, Arianespace have officially placed an order for the first 14 series-production units of their next-generation launcher, Ariane 6, on 6 May. This follows an ESA...
The Thailand-based satellite operator mu-Space has signed a launch contract with the launch provider Relativity Space Inc for a launch of its Terran-1 small launch vehicle. The identity of the satellite remains undisclosed. The launch will take place in 2022. ...
The European Space Agency has formally ordered seven Ariane 6 flights to take place between 2021 and 2023. The order has allowed ArianeGroup, the conglomerate building the Ariane 6, to start production of the first batch of 14 launch vehicles. It has not been...
Glavkosmos, which already has a share in GK Launch Services, the marketing arm for Soyuz rockets, is to have another body under its umbrella. By order of Roscosmos, Glavkosmos will take control of International Launch Services (ILS), marketer of the Proton rocket...
Arabsat 6A, a 6,460kg communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin, was sent safely on its way by a Falcon Heavy launch and injected into a 89,808 x 321km super-synchronous transfer orbit. The launch took place from the Kennedy Space Centre, near Cape Canaveral,...
Relativity Space Inc’s yet to fly the 3D printing technology launch vehicle Terran-1 has been awarded its first launch booking for multiple launches for the Canadian operator Telesat’s LEO broadband constellation. Terran 1 is designed to be built in only...
