Precious Payload has announced partnerships with a pair of companies to market payload slots and launches on its online satellite launch marketplace.
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As the number of small satellites seeking launch continues to grow, new opportunities are emerging fly those satellites as secondary payloads on other launches as well as tools to identify those opportunities.
ILS plans larger Proton payload fairing, defers work on smaller Proton variant
International Launch Services is adding a larger payload fairing for its Proton rocket, but deferring development of one of two smaller versions of the vehicle announced last year.
Nozzle erosion blamed for Vega C launch failure
Europe plans to return the Vega C rocket to flight by the end of the year after concluding an eroded nozzle component caused the failure of its previous launch last December.
Do smallsats even need insurance?
Insurers who specialize in the space industry, seeing no quick turnaround, are starting to look beyond its traditional customers to new markets.
Firefly Aims To Build the ‘Model T of Rockets’
The company plans to build a family of simple expendable rockets offering dedicated rides for satellites weighing less than 1,000 kilograms.
Senate Bill Puts Hold on Weather Sat Launch, Tightens Screws on ULA
A newly drafted Senate defense bill would bar the U.S. Air Force from launching the last of its legacy weather satellites pending assurances that the mission is necessary and would direct the service to discontinue certain payments to its primary launch provider that critics have branded as a subsidy.
Shelton Fires Back at SpaceX
The head of Air Force Space Command has a response to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
OpEd: Support for NASA, U.S. Space Exploration Policy
This year NASA celebrates its 50th anniversary, an event shared by the global space community as well as people around the world who have been touched by its great achievements. The United States has been a spacefaring nation for five decades and nothing symbolizes that capability better than the NASA brand. During this time other nations also have sought their own ventures in space, and young people have been inspired to become astronauts, engineers, mathematicians and rocket scientists. Now NASA has embarked on a bold new path to further the human presence in space as laid out in the U.S. Space Exploration Policy.
The future of Starship includes national security missions
As SpaceX prepares to attempt Starship’s first orbital flight, the company is contemplating military applications for the super-heavy launch vehicle.