Rideshare launch service provider prepares payload integration for its seventh launch with India’s PSLV SEATTLE – Nov. 8, 2018 – Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, today announced it will launch 12 spacecraft in November from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Payloads aboard the mission include Fleet Space Technologies’ Centauri I, … Continued
Partnership with SSL reflects growing need for frequent, affordable access to GTO/GSO; SpaceIL’s Israeli Lunar lander secures ride on first rideshare mission Paris – September 11, 2018 — Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, announced today at Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week’s conference that it has procured upcoming launches to Geosynchronous Orbit … Continued
SSO-A: SmallSat Express to launch largest rideshare mission from a US-based launch vehicle, with 25 percent of the customers launching for the first time Seattle – August 6, 2018 – Spaceflight, the leading rideshare and mission management provider, announced details behind its SSO-A mission, the largest single rideshare mission from a US-based launch vehicle to … Continued
Traverse City, MI – July 17, 2018 — ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., a company that provides satellite communications as a service through an innovative software-driven, high data flow global antenna network, announced today that BlackSky has selected ATLAS to provide telemetry, commanding, and data support for its high-revisit, Earth imaging constellation of satellites. ATLAS will … Continued
SEATTLE, WA and LONG BEACH, CA – June 25, 2018 — Spaceflight, the company reinventing the model for launching small satellites into space, and Virgin Orbit today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a mission to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in 2019. Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl, a dedicated 747-400 carrier aircraft, … Continued
Seattle, WA – June 11, 2018 – Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, announced today it has partnered with Rocket Lab for three upcoming launches. The first Electron mission, scheduled for the end of 2018, will launch a BlackSky microsat along with several rideshare customers. The second mission will launch satellites from … Continued
Arianespace announced today that it has been selected by leading rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight to launch small satellites on the Vega launch vehicle, as part of the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof Of Concept (POC) flight. Arianespace, the world’s first commercial launch services provider, has signed a landmark agreement with Spaceflight Industries … Continued
Parties will deploy the high revisit rate BlackSky constellation Washington DC, March 13, 2018 – At the Satellite 2018 conference, The Space Alliance formed by Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) announced today it has officially taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, having received all government … Continued
SEATTLE – March 6, 2018 – BlackSky, the geospatial intelligence service of Spaceflight Industries, today announced the first of its next generation of small Earth observation satellites is complete, qualified, and awaiting launch. This spacecraft, called Global-1, is the first of four smallsats that are scheduled to launch in the next year on both US … Continued
Cubesat integration complete as rideshare launch service provider prepares to deploy spacecraft for veteran and first-time customers in early January Seattle – December 4, 2017 – Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, today announced it will be launching 20 spacecraft in early January from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Spacecraft include … Continued