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Foust Forward | How to succeed in spaceports without really launching
For most people, the term “spaceport” conjures up visions of launch pads and gantries, with rockets taking off vertically. But for some, spaceports are becoming a place where businesses, rather than rockets, take off.
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FCC approves HawkEye 360 application for 15 satellites
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission gave HawkEye 360 the approvals it needs to launch and operate 15 additional satellites for radio-frequency mapping from low-Earth orbit.
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Rocket Lab Begins Construction On Third Launch Pad
Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has begun construction on a new launch pad located at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The new pad will […]
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Highlights Successful Year Supporting DoD and NASA Missions
Aerojet Rocketdyne continued to power critical defense and space missions in 2019, while also making significant investments aimed at reducing costs and increasing its operational efficiency. Here is a look […]
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Rocket Lab Opens Launch Complex 2, Confirms U.S. Air Force Payload as First Electron Mission from U.S. Soil
Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has today officially opened Launch Complex 2, the company’s first U.S. launch site, and confirmed the inaugural mission from the site […]
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Lower Launch Costs, New Partnerships Spur Spaceport Development Around the World, The Space Report Q4 Analysis Determines
At the dawn of the Space Age, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and the United States raced to catch up, the ensuing years became a financial slugfest between two […]
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Electron launches smallsats in test of rocket reusability
Rocket Lab successfully launched several smallsats Dec. 6 on an Electron mission also designed to test technologies to make the rocket’s first stage reusable.
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Op-ed | Envisioning the next 50 years in space
New technologies, decreasing costs, foreign interests and the emergence of the private sector have heralded the forthcoming of the second space race and with it a hopeful future on the horizon.
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York Space Systems opens Washington-area office
York Space Systems opened a Washington-area office and mission operations center.
