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Los Angeles-based Relativity Space has raised $500M in a round of Series D financing led by Tiger Global Management and will use the funds to advance the development of its launch vehicle, 3D printing technologies and other programs. “We are on track to launch our first Terran 1 rocket to orbit next year with existing capital on our balance sheet," said Tim Ellis, co-founder and CEO of Relativity Space.
The U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command has awarded TriSept a contract to provide integration support for the Gunsmoke-J small satellite technology demonstration mission that is set to lift off aboard Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle in early 2021, SatNews reported Wednesday.
The U.S. Transportation Command has partnered with SpaceX and San Antonio, Texas-based space architecture company XArc to conduct a research and development effort on the potential use of rockets to rapidly deliver military cargo.
Mark Peller, vice president of major development at United Launch Alliance, has said the company plans to update its Vulcan Centaur rocket to include a three-core booster in a push to address future market needs.
Iridium Communications has awarded Relativity Space a contract to perform up to six on-demand launches to deliver ground spare satellites to low-Earth orbit.
Rocket Lab has received Category 1 certification from NASA for its Electron launch vehicle. The certification was awarded after Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle delivered 13 NASA CubeSats to orbit in December 2018 as part of the ELaNa-19 mission and following the completion of a review of the company's rocket production processes and facilities in 2019, the company said Tuesday.
Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin's space business and a four-time Wash100 award recipient, told Yahoo Finance in a video posted Tuesday about the manned mission to the moon by 2024.
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Firefly Aerospace have announced additional work to develop the latter“™s launch vehicle under an existing partnership, Space News reported Friday.
Rocket Lab has completed and installed a new launch platform at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport for launches of the Electron vehicle.
Rocket Lab“™s Electron rocket took off Saturday from a launch complex in New Zealand to bring seven satellites to orbit for space mission management and rideshare provider Spaceflight.
Northrop Grumman completed a second ground test of a graphite epoxy motor designed to power United Launch Alliance' Altlas V launch vehicle.
Northrop Grumman is embarking on a project to manufacture large-scale composite structures for a rocket designed to support the U.S. Air Force's national security space programs.
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