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Archive for August 11th, 2021

Astrobotic awarded funding to map uncooperative spacecraft in real time

August 11th, 2021 by

Astrobotic said it has won a Phase I NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to further develop sensors that three-dimensionally map uncooperative spacecraft and planetary bodies in real time.

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Rocket Lab inks deal with Varda Space Industries

August 11th, 2021 by

Rocket Lab announced it has signed a deal with in-space manufacturing company Varda Space Industries to produce three Photon spacecraft that will integrate with their space factories, enabling high-value products to be manufactured in zero-gravity and returned to Earth in Varda’s re-entry capsule.

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SMC partnering with Astra for upcoming USSF launch

August 11th, 2021 by

The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center will partner with Astra Space, a wholly-owned U.S. Company based in Alameda, California, to perform a demonstration launch for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) from the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska later this month.

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USSF awards OSP-4 contract to emerging small launch providers

August 11th, 2021 by

The U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, announced the award of the first on ramp of the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to ABL Space Systems Corp, Astra Space, Inc., and Relativity Space, Inc.

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Alba Orbital to launch PocketQubes via Exolaunch on Falcon 9

August 11th, 2021 by

Alba Orbital and Exolaunch announced a services agreement to launch sixteen PocketQube satellites as part of Exolaunch’s mission onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle at the end of 2021.

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NASA science, cargo launches on Northrop Grumman resupply mission

August 11th, 2021 by

Rocket: Antares 230+; Payload: Cygnus (NG-16); Date: 10 August 201, 2201 UTC; Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, USA. Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station around 1010 UTC on 12 August.

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