- — Biz Briefs: Firefly Acquires Spaceflight Inc., York Acquires Emergent Space Technologies
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at 6/8/23 4:21pmWelcome toBiz Briefs! In todays edition, Firefly Aerospace acquired Spaceflight Inc., York Space Systems completed its acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, NASA and Boeing indefinitely postponed the first crewed CST-100 Starliner flight, NASA selected 300 small-business proposals for funding, Hughes and OneWeb announced an agreement to provide broadband services to airlines, and much more. Mergers Acquisitions Launch provider Firefly Aerospace has acquired Spaceflight Inc., a company that arranges launch [] The post Biz Briefs: Firefly Acquires Spaceflight Inc., York Acquires Emergent Space Technologies appeared first on Parabolic Arc.- — ULA Fires Vulcan First Stage Engines in Crucial Step Toward First Flight
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at 6/8/23 12:41amUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) briefly test-fired the first-stage engines on its new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Wednesday evening (June 7), completing a crucial milestone for the boosters first flight. The flight readiness firing (FRF) of the twin BE-4 engines took place at 9:05 pm EDT at Space Launch Complex-41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Nominal run! CEO Tory Bruno tweeted after the burn ended. ULA said [] The post ULA Fires Vulcan First Stage Engines in Crucial Step Toward First Flight appeared first on Parabolic Arc. - — Space SPAC Index – BlackSky and Momentus Win Contracts
- at 6/7/23 9:26amWelcome toS-SPACi. In this weeks edition, Momentus and BlackSky won contracts, Terran Orbital said CAPSTONE has completed its primary lunar mission, Redwires solar panels arrived at the space station, and BigBear.ai is working to improve hospital patient care in Colorado. Momentus wins Apogeo contract, teams with Axient Momentus has won a contract with Apogeo Space to provide in-space transportation for the Italian companys batch of nine Internet of Things (IoT) [] The post Space SPAC Index BlackSky and Momentus Win Contracts appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — India’s ABA Eyes International Satellite Market as First Launch Looms
- at 6/6/23 11:03amWestern manufacturers used to rolling satellites off assembly lines in large numbers could soon be facing some low-cost competition from Indias Azista BST Aerospace (ABA). A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the companys first satellite as part of the Transporter-8 rideshare mission on May 12. ABA First Runner (AFR) is a 176-pound (80 kg) satellite that hosts an optical remote sensing payload capable of producing panchromatic and multispectral images. Azista [] The post Indias ABA Eyes International Satellite Market as First Launch Looms appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Launch Roundup – SpaceX Launches Resupply Mission to ISS
- at 6/6/23 9:10amIn this week’s Launch Roundup, SpaceX launched its 28th resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday morning. In addition to supplies and experiments, the Cargo Dragon spacecraft will deliver a pair of International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) that will increase the amount of power available to the facility after astronauts install them. Cargo Dragon carried six CubeSats that astronauts will deploy from the space station. [] The post Launch Roundup SpaceX Launches Resupply Mission to ISS appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Virgin Orbit Spent More Than a Billion to Make Millions
- at 6/2/23 4:45pmVirgin Orbit spent well over $1 billion developing a launch system that produced only tens of millions in revenues before the company went bankrupt. Richard Bransons launch provider recently auctioned off most of its assets for just under $36.5 million and announced it would be shutting down for good. Virgin Orbits LauncherOne flew six times between May 25, 2020 and January 9, 2023. Four launches succeeded. Failures on the maiden [] The post Virgin Orbit Spent More Than a Billion to Make Millions appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Virgin Orbit Spent Billions to Make Millions
- at 6/2/23 4:45pmVirgin Orbit spent well over $1 billion developing a launch system that produced only tens of millions in revenues before the company went bankrupt. Richard Bransons launch provider recently auctioned off most of its assets for just under $36.5 million and announced it would be shutting down for good. Virgin Orbits LauncherOne flew six times between May 25, 2020 and January 9, 2023. Four launches succeeded. Failures on the maiden [] The post Virgin Orbit Spent Billions to Make Millions appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Law Limiting Liability of SpaceX, Others for Space Crew Deaths
- at 6/2/23 7:00amFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis, who announced his candidacy for president last week on a Twitter Spaces event hosted by Elon Musk, signed on Thursday (May 25) a spaceflight liability law that further protects SpaceX. Boeing and other space companies from being sued in the event people are injured or killed during spaceflights that launch from Florida. In an existing spaceflight liability law passed in 2008, Florida limited the right of [] The post Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Law Limiting Liability of SpaceX, Others for Space Crew Deaths appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Biz Briefs – Pixxel Raises $36 Million, Pentagon Pays for Starlink Service in Ukraine
- at 6/1/23 3:32pmWelcome to Biz Briefs! In todays edition, Pixxel and Satellite Vu raise funds, the Pentagon will pay for SpaceX Starlink service in Ukraine, Viasat completes its acquisition of Inmarsat, Sierra Space powers up Dream Chaser, and much more. Raises New investor Google led a $36 million Series B funding round for Indian startup Pixxel, which is developing a constellation of hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellites. Existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growx, [] The post Biz Briefs Pixxel Raises $36 Million, Pentagon Pays for Starlink Service in Ukraine appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Space SPAC Index – Terran Orbital Stock Double Downgraded
- at 5/31/23 3:23pmWelcome toS-SPACi. In this edition, Terran Orbitals stock is double downgraded, Virgin Orbit plans to issue more stock to key personnel, BlackSky will monitor U.S. coal power plant inventory, Intuitive Machines moves its landing site to the lunar south pole, Rocket Lab wins a launch contract, Planet Labs partnered to monitor biodiversity, Momentus will deliver a Lunasonde satellite to orbit, and Satixfy appointed an interim CEO. Terran Orbital stock double [] The post Space SPAC Index Terran Orbital Stock Double Downgraded appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — China Launches New Crew to Space Station at Start of Busy Week
- at 5/30/23 1:33pmIn this week’s Launch Roundup, a new crew led by a veteran astronaut on his fourth spaceflight arrived at Chinas Tiangong space station for a six-month mission on Tuesday (May 30). Commander Jing Haipeng and rookie astronauts Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao arrived at the station aboard Shenzhou-16 after lifting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 2F rocket. They were greeted by Shenzhou-15 astronauts, Fei Junlong, [] The post China Launches New Crew to Space Station at Start of Busy Week appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — ispace Says Software Error Caused HAKUTO-R Lunar Lander to Crash into Moon
- at 5/26/23 4:59pmA software glitch and a change in destination combined to cause ispaces commercial HAKUTO-R lunar lander to crash into the Moon last month as it attempted a soft landing on the surface on April 26, according to new details shared by the company on Thursday (May 26). HAKUTO-Rs descent was going as planned until the lander passed over the rim of Atlas Crater, which towered approximately 1.8 miles (3 km) [] The post ispace Says Software Error Caused HAKUTO-R Lunar Lander to Crash into Moon appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Biz Briefs – Inmarsat Orders Satellites, Kleos Space Partners with General Atomics
- at 5/26/23 9:14amWelcome to Biz Briefs. Inmarsat orders three small GEO satellites, the European Commission approves Inmarsats merger with Viasat, Maritime Launch Services signs a multi-mission agreement, Fleet Space and GITAI raise funds, China and Europe eye commercial cargo services, and other industry news. Contracts SWISSto12 will supply Inmarsat with three I-8 L-band geosynchronous communications satellites to provide additional network resilience. SWISSto12 will use its HummingSat satellite platform, which at just 1.5 [] The post Biz Briefs Inmarsat Orders Satellites, Kleos Space Partners with General Atomics appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Stratolaunch to Use Virgin Orbit’s 747 to Support Hypersonic Flight Tests
- at 5/25/23 1:08pmMojave, California-based Stratolaunch will use the Boeing 747 that it is acquiring from bankrupt Virgin Orbit to double its fleet of aircraft dedicated to conducting flight tests of hypersonic vehicles, the company said on Thursday (May 25). The addition of this aircraft is a transformational milestone, Stratolaunch President and CEO Zachary Krevor said in a company press release. With Roc remaining as our mainstay aircraft, an additional 747 brings expanded capabilities [] The post Stratolaunch to Use Virgin Orbits 747 to Support Hypersonic Flight Tests appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Virgin Galactic Set for Commercial Spaceflight After Successful SpaceShipTwo Flight Test
- at 5/25/23 11:11amWith a successful flight on Thursday (May 25), Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) completed SpaceShipTwos 13-year-long flight test program, paving the way for the start of commercial suborbital crewed flights in late June. The final test lasted 22 minutes and saw the VSS Unity spacecraft fly 54.2 miles (87.2 km) over the New Mexico desert with two pilots in the cockpit and four company employees in the passenger cabin, according to [] The post Virgin Galactic Set for Commercial Spaceflight After Successful SpaceShipTwo Flight Test appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Space SPAC Index – Virgin Orbit Bows Out as Virgin Galactic Heads Back to Space
- at 5/24/23 5:08pmWelcome to S-SPACi. This week, we say goodbye to Virgin Orbit, sister company Virgin Galactic prepares for its first launch in nearly two years, BlackSky and Spire Global team up to track ships, AST SpaceMobile will join two Russell indexes, Planet Labs announces two artificial intelligence partnerships, Redwire wins a contract to develop a 3D bioprinter, and SatixFys beam-hopping communications system is launched into orbit. VO Laid Low Virgin Orbit (OTCMKTS: VORBQ) [] The post Space SPAC Index Virgin Orbit Bows Out as Virgin Galactic Heads Back to Space appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Rocket Lab Plans to Further Neutron Program With Virgin Orbit Assets but Grounds LauncherOne
- at 5/24/23 10:37amRocket Lab said on Tuesday that it will use the manufacturing facility and equipment it acquired from bankrupt Virgin Orbit to accelerate the development of its new Neutron rocket. The company has no plans to integrate Virgin Orbits LauncherOne rocket into its line of launch vehicles, however, indicating the booster will likely never fly again. On Monday, Rocket Lab bid $16.1 million for the lease to Virgin Orbits 144,000 square [] The post Rocket Lab Plans to Further Neutron Program With Virgin Orbit Assets but Grounds LauncherOne appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — The Spaceport Company Demonstrates Launches From Floating Platform
- at 5/24/23 10:09amThe Spaceport Company announced that it launched four sounding rockets from a floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, marking the first time commercial boosters have been launched from US territorial waters. The offshore spaceport demonstration successfully tested all the procedures necessary to conduct an orbital-class launch: regulatory approvals from the FAA and US Coast Guard, scheduling, control of public access, range surveillance, hazard clearance, airspace integration, anomaly [] The post The Spaceport Company Demonstrates Launches From Floating Platform appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Virgin Orbit Auctions Off Assets to Rocket Lab, Launcher, and Stratolaunch
- at 5/23/23 3:15pmRichard Bransons bankrupt launch provider Virgin Orbit (OTCMKTS: VORBQ), which spent more than $1 billion developing the capability to launch satellites from a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, auctioned off its assets to Rocket Lab, Launcher, Stratolaunch, and a fourth company called INLIPER for just under $36.5 million on Monday, according to a court filing. Launch provider and satellite manufacturer Rocket Lab bid $16.1 million in the auction for Virgin Orbits [] The post Virgin Orbit Auctions Off Assets to Rocket Lab, Launcher, and Stratolaunch appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — Ax-2 Crew Arrives at ISS, China Prepares to Send Taikonauts to Station
- at 5/23/23 7:00amIn this week’s Launch Roundup, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday (May 22), bringing four astronauts on Axiom Spaces second private mission to the orbiting facility. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson commands the eight-day Ax-2 mission, which was launched by a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Paying customers on the SpaceX Crew Dragon include American [] The post Ax-2 Crew Arrives at ISS, China Prepares to Send Taikonauts to Station appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
- — SpaceX Files Motion to Become Defendant in Boca Chica Spaceport Lawsuit
- at 5/22/23 11:53amSpaceX has filed a motion in US Federal District Court to intervene as a defendant in a lawsuit that environmental groups filed against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an attempt to void the agencys approval for the company to launch Starship/Super Heavy rockets from Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy launch program hinges on the FAAs review and licensing decision challenged here. If the Court were to rule in [] The post SpaceX Files Motion to Become Defendant in Boca Chica Spaceport Lawsuit appeared first on Parabolic Arc.
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