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June 03, 2025
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Northrop Grumman Commits $50 Million to Firefly Aerospace to Drive Eclipse Medium Launch Vehicle



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
Northrop Grumman Corporation has invested $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to accelerate the production of Eclipse, a medium launch vehicle the companies are developing together. Eclipse is advancing through flight hardware qualification, and more than 60 Miranda engine hot fire tests have already been conducted. "Firefly is incredibly grateful for Northrop Grumman's investment that further solidifies our first-of-its-kind partnership to build the first stage of Antares 330 and jointly develop Ecl ... read more

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Dawn Aerospace Opens Orders for Aurora Suborbital Spaceplane with 2027 Deliveries Planned
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 28, 2025
Dawn Aerospace has begun taking orders for its Aurora spaceplane, a fully reusable suborbital vehicle slated for delivery beginning in 2027. This development marks a historic first: a spaceplane engineered to cross the Karman line (100 km) is now commercially available for purchase. ... more
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From Rice to orbit: Student engineers build safer, low-cost satellite thruster
Houston TX (SPX) May 28, 2025
By the end of the decade, the global small satellite industry is projected to nearly double. Small satellites are critical for faster, better and more secure communications and internet solutions as ... more
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SES selects Helios kick stage from Impulse for direct-to-orbit satellite missions
Paris, France (SPX) May 26, 2025
Impulse Space and SES have entered a multi-launch agreement to utilize the Helios kick stage for direct satellite transfers from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geostationary (GEO) and Medium Earth Orbits ... more
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Rocket Lab to deploy BlackSky Gen3 satellite on next Electron launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 26, 2025
Rocket Lab USA has announced it will launch the next BlackSky Gen-3 satellite as part of its continued partnership with the real-time space-based intelligence company. The mission, named "Full Strea ... more
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Rocket Lab to Acquire Geost in Strategic Expansion into Satellite Payloads
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 28, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the parent company of Geost, LLC, a specialist in electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) payloads for national ... more
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China places six satellites in orbit with latest Kinetica 1 mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2025
CAS Space, a commercial aerospace firm under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, launched its Kinetica 1-Y7 solid-propellant rocket on Wednesday, successfully deploying six satellites into space. ... more
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Starship tumbles back to Ocean after reaching a nominal orbit
South Padre Island, United States (AFP) May 28, 2025
SpaceX's prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars. ... more
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After brief X outage, Musk says refocusing on businesses
Washington (AFP) May 24, 2025
Social media platform X was hit by a two-hour outage Saturday, prompting owner Elon Musk to say he needs to spend more time focusing on his companies. ... more

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After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2025
SpaceX said Friday it will make another launch attempt next week of the massive Starship rocket - key to CEO Elon Musk's long-term vision of colonizing Mars - after two consecutive in-flight explosions earlier this year. ... more
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SpaceX mega-rocket Starship 9 cleared for launch following earlier mission failures
Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the launch of SpaceX's Starship 9 after two mission mishaps idled the program for months. ... more
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Indian space agency's rocket fails to deploy satellite for Earth observation
Washington DC (UPI) May 18, 2025
India failed in its attempt to launch a satellite to observe Earth when the third stage failed, the nation's space agency said Sunday. ... more
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Akoustis Finalizes Asset Sale to SpaceX Subsidiary Tune Holdings
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025
Akoustis Technologies, a leading provider of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters, has completed the sale of most of its assets to Tune Holdings Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of ... more
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China's LandSpace Successfully Launches Six Satellites with Upgraded ZQ-2E Y2 Rocket
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2025
China's private rocket manufacturer LandSpace successfully launched its modified ZQ-2E Y2 rocket on Saturday, deploying six satellites into orbit from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot ... more
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Nose cone glitch wipes Australian rocket launch
Sydney (AFP) May 16, 2025
An Australian aerospace firm said Friday it has scrubbed a historic attempt to send a locally developed rocket into orbit, citing a glitch in the nose cone protecting its payload - a jar of Vegemite. ... more
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Rocket Lab launches third satellite for Japanese company
Washington DC (UPI) May 17, 2025
American aerospace firm Rocket Lab on Saturday carried a successful launch mission from its facility in New Zealand. ... more
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W-3 Mission Completes High-Speed Reentry at Koonibba Test Range Demonstrating Southern Launch's Advanced Capabilities
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025
Southern Launch and Varda Space Industries successfully executed the reentry of the W-3 mission at the Koonibba Test Range on May 14, 2025. This milestone came just ten weeks after the W-2 mission, ... more
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Two Earth Return Missions in Two Months Highlight Rocket Lab's Rapid Re-entry Capabilities
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025
Rocket Lab has achieved a rapid turnaround of two Earth return missions within just two months, successfully delivering Varda Space Industries' W-3 capsule back to Earth. This marks the third overal ... more
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Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) May 15, 2025
Kazakhstan said Thursday there were no talks on Russia giving up its lease on the Baikonur spaceport before it runs out in 2050, amid reports Moscow is looking to ditch the ageing cosmodrome. ... more
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China completes testing of powerful reusable liquid rocket engine
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 14, 2025
China has successfully completed full-scale testing of a 140-tonne liquid oxygen-methane rocket engine, a critical component for the nation's reusable carrier rockets, according to its developer, th ... more
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What a German Start-Up's First Test Could Mean for the Space Industry
Cambridge, UK (SPX) May 14, 2025
On April 22nd, SpaceX's Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission took off from Cape Canaveral. Alongside the normal payload of satellites, there was a capsule from a German space start-up - Phoenix 1. This was ... more
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SpaceX sends up more Starlink satellites
Washington DC (UPI) May 14, 2025
SpaceX on Wednesday launched more than two dozen Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit in the company's continuing quest to expand global Internet access. ... more
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EU faces heat over millions paid to Musk firms
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) May 13, 2025
The EU handed over hundreds of millions of euros to companies belonging to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, a key ally of US President Donald Trump and frequent critic of the bloc, a document seen by AFP showed Tuesday. ... more
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SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
Washington DC (UPI) May 13, 2025
SpaceX early Tuesday launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida's east coast. ... more
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Rocket Lab Secures U.S. Air Force Contract for Neutron Re-Entry Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced that it will launch its new medium-lift reusable rocket, Neutron, for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as part of a pioneering Rocket C ... more
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China Establishes UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office at Wuhan University
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 07, 2025
On April 22, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Director Aarti Holla-Maini led a delegation to Wuhan University, where a cooperation memorandum was signed with university preside ... more
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NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2025
Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA's first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. ... more
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Rocket Lab sets May launch for latest iQPS satellite mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 06, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced a mid-May launch window for its upcoming mission supporting multi-launch client Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The mission, titled "The ... more
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SpaceX gets US approval to launch more Starship flights from Texas
Washington (AFP) May 6, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to increase the number of annual Starship rocket launches from five to 25 at its Texas base, marking a major boost for the company's ambitions. ... more
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Defense contractor successfully tests hypersonic flight vehicle
Washington DC (UPI) May 5, 2025
Stratolaunch successfully tested for the second time a fully recoverable uncrewed hypersonic vehicle for the Department of Defense in March, the private contractor and federal agency said Monday. ... more
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Tiangong returns largest sample set yet for biological and materials science research
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2025
The latest batch of experimental samples from China's Tiangong space station has safely returned to Earth, totaling approximately 37.25 kilograms and spanning 25 scientific investigations. Delivered ... more
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Slingshot launches turnkey system to enable space domain awareness for all nations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace has introduced a globally available solution to help nations rapidly establish autonomous space domain awareness (SDA) capabilities. Called Sovereign Space Object Tracking, the n ... more
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