Virgin Orbit's VOX Space business has received authorization to launch the company's LauncherOne rocket from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam for orbital space missions.
Read More »Aevum Awarded Air Force ASLON-45 Launch Contract
Alabama-based space startup Aevum has secured a $4.9M contract from the U.S. Air Force to send experimental satellites to low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Monday.
Read More »DoD Sets June 22 Launch Date for Space Tech Demo Mission on SpaceX-Built Rocket
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off June 22 to send 24 payloads into space as part of a Department of Defense-led program that seeks to demonstrate interagency science and technology experiments.
Read More »Rocket Lab Schedules Next Electron Launch for DoD
Rocket Lab has announced that the next mission of its Electron rocket will bring three satellites into orbit for the Department of Defense's Space Test Program, Space News reported Wednesday.
Read More »FAA Clears Virgin Orbit Rocket for Launch Test With Boeing Carrier Aircraft
Virgin Orbit has obtained authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to test-fly the company’s rocket system through what the agency calls a reusable launch vehicle mission. FAA issued Friday a commercial space transportation license that says Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne platform can launch from a Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft as part of the test slated to occur …
Read More »NASA Tests Equipment for Laser Communications Relay Demo Mission
NASA has begun to integrate and test equipment for a mission that will transition operations from the use of radio to laser communications at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The space agency said Saturday the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration mission aims to boost the connection between astronauts and spacecraft …
Read More »Reports: Virgin Orbit Lands DoD Contract to Demo Air Launch System
Virgin Orbit, the small satellite launch venture spun out of commercial space company Virgin Galactic, has secured a contract to demonstrate its air-launched rocket technology through the Defense Department‘s Space Test Program, TechCrunch reported Thursday. The report said Long Beach, California-based Virgin Orbit expects the LauncherOne prototype flight to take place as …
Read More »Air Force Begins Operation of Ball Aerospace’s Space Test Satellite; Dave Kaufman Comments
The U.S. Air Force has accepted operational responsibility for a satellite Ball Aerospace & Technologies built to support space-based technology demonstrations by the Defense Department. Space Test Program Satellite-3 was sent into orbit along with 28 CubeSats aboard a single Minotaur I rocket Nov. 19 at the Wallops Flight Center …
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