Italian launch services provider Avio has seen an influx of customers who were unable to secure launch opportunities with SpaceX, European Spaceflight reports.
Speaking of Avio, a Vega C rocket launched on Tuesday from French Guiana, successfully carrying the European Space Agency’s FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C into low-Earth orbit.
French launch startup Sirius Space Services has successfully test-fired a complete prototype of its STAR-1 rocket engine for the first time, European Spaceflight reports.
The rockets were: LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E; Orienspace’s Gravity-1; the Chinese space agency’s Long March 12; and ExPace’s Kuaizhou-11.
The company said it would also continue to collaborate on testing and maturing the BE-7 lunar lander rocket engine with the Air Force at the Area 1-42 High Altitude Rocket Test Facility at Edwards.
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Welcome to Edition 9.11 of the Rocket Report!
Italian launch services provider Avio has seen an influx of customers who were unable to secure launch opportunities with SpaceX, European Spaceflight reports. Avio CEO Giulio Ranzo said during the company’s September 10 earnings call.
Speaking of Avio, a Vega C rocket launched on Tuesday from French Guiana, successfully carrying the European Space Agency’s FLEX Earth Explorer satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C into low-Earth orbit. A new launch adapter called Vespa allowed both satellites to be stacked inside the rocket’s fairing, the European Space Agency said.
Two for the price of one … An evolution of Europe’s Vega family of rockets, Vega-C can launch 2.3 metric tons into low-Earth orbit.
French launch startup Sirius Space Services has successfully test-fired a complete prototype of its STAR-1 rocket engine for the first time, European Spaceflight reports. The company announced the milestone on Sunday, stating that it had conducted the first hot-fire tests of the complete STAR-1 engine at Airborne Engineering’s propulsion test facility in southern England.
The rockets were: LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E; Orienspace’s Gravity-1; the Chinese space agency’s Long March 12; and ExPace’s Kuaizhou-11.
SpaceX launched a trio of satellites for its oldest commercial customer, SES, on a Falcon 9 rocket flying Sunday afternoon from Florida.
Pending regulatory approval, SpaceX said this week it intends to launch its 14th Starship mission as early as September 22, Ars reports.
The company said it would also continue to collaborate on testing and maturing the BE-7 lunar lander rocket engine with the Air Force at the Area 1-42 High Altitude Rocket Test Facility at Edwards.
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