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Northrop Grumman to develop LEO satellite payload for DARPA

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The U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack programme has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract for Phase 2 development of an advanced, software-defined positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) payload, with options to build units destined for space flight.

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SSTL signs up ESA as anchor customer for Lunar Pathfinder

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for communications services from Lunar Pathfinder, due to launch in 2024.

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ABL Space selected for NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission

September 16th, 2021 by

ABL Space Systems announced that is has been selected as the launch provider for the NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission. Developed under a NASA Tipping Point contract awarded in 2020, the Cryogenic Demonstration Mission will launch in 2023 and demonstrate in-space transfer of cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2).

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Exolaunch to launch Strix-1 for Synspective in 2022

September 16th, 2021 by

Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic solution provider, announced an agreement with Exolaunch to launch Synspective’s third demonstration SAR satellite StriX-1 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle in mid-2022.

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Delay of the day: Atlas V/Landsat 9

September 16th, 2021 by

NASA and United Launch Alliance currently are reviewing the launch date for the Landsat 9 spacecraft scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.

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SpaceX helps billionaire spend three days in orbit

September 16th, 2021 by

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Crew Dragon (“Inspriation4”); Date: 16 September 2021, 0002 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The crewed capsule was deployed into a 569 km x 580 km x 51.64 degrees orbit.

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