Spire to launch LEMUR satellites via SpaceX – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00
Platzer will guide Spire’s vision and lead the Board of Directors. Condor was part of the Company’s founding team. She intends to lead Spire into its next phase of growth with a focus on streamlining operations and strong execution at scale.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar mission to launch via a Falcon 9 on January 15th from Canaveral – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00
Firefly’s first Blue Ghost mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, will deliver 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface. The mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 for NASA. Blue Ghost will land in early March near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium.
SpaceX sends off NROL-153 mission from California – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-153 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 7:52 p.m. PT. This is the seventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
Blue Origin scrubs and reschedules New Glenn’s first launch due to rough Atlantic seas, and pays a fine – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00
Blue Origin’s scrub at the countdown of the launch of its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at 1:00 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Friday, January 10, was called due to rough weather. The launch is now set for Sunday, January 12, at the same time from Blue Origin’s pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Rocket Lab on track in development of spacecraft constellation for SDA – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00
Rocket Lab moves into detailed design phase of $515 million firm-fixed-price contract awarded in early 2024. Rocket Lab will design, integrate, test, and commission the 18 T2TL-Beta satellites. Rocket Lab leads a capable team of payload providers to provide vital capacity to the PWSA.
Kratos awarded $48 million contract for geolocation global support services – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-01-09 00:00
Kratos will provide support services to Space Forces Space electromagnetic interference managers and supporting elements. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2029. The Kratos owned and operated global RF sensor network supplies intelligence across SDA missions.