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SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch
WEBMay 4, 2021 · WASHINGTON — SpaceX continued the deployment of its Starlink broadband megaconstellation May 4 with the second launch of 60 satellites in less than a week. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy ...
SpaceX launches second pair of Maxar WorldView Legion imaging ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a pair of Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites Aug. 15 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The mission named Maxar-2 lifted off at 9:00 a.m ...
Collins Aerospace pulls back from NASA spacesuit contract
WEBJun 26, 2024 · In a statement to SpaceNews June 25, a spokesperson for Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX Corp., said the company and NASA had agreed to “descope” work on spacesuit development for the ...
Pentagon embracing SpaceX’s Starshield for future military satcom
WEBJun 11, 2024 · SpaceX is supplying Starshield satellites with imaging payloads to the National Reconnaissance Office for a proliferated LEO constellation of surveillance satellites. DoD’s Starshield satellites ...
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX get $1.8 billion boost in
WEBJul 30, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has increased the value of its launch contracts with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX by nearly $1.8 billion, citing a significant growth in projected ...
Acquisition of Orbital ATK approved, company renamed
WEBJan 23, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced it has cleared Northrop Grumman’s $7.8 billion purchase of defense and space contractor Orbital ATK. Orbital ATK will become ...
NASA selects Maxar to build first Gateway element - SpaceNews
WEBMay 23, 2019 · Updated 6:15 p.m. Eastern. LOS ANGELES — NASA has selected Maxar Technologies to develop the first element of its lunar Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), for launch in late 2022.
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Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for ...
WEBThe company is moving ahead with the powered flight, the first since July 2021, after a successful glide flight by VSS Unity on April 26. “We were very pleased with the way both our ships ...
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