Category: small satellites

Virgin Orbit plans to send cubesats to Mars as early as 2022

Post author By Randall
Post date October 9, 2019
Categories In cubesat, launcherone, mars, missions, polish, red planet, richard branson, satrevolution, small satellites, smallsat, Space, Tech, tomorrow, universities, virgin orbit

[ad_1] Virgin Orbit is a spinoff of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and is dedicated to low-cost smallsat projects. This new Virgin Orbit endeavor was reportedly inspired by NASA’s recent InSight mission, which successfully sent two cubesats to Mars. Now, the company believes it can send its own similar spacecraft (as light as 110 pounds) into […]

NASA selects proposals for smallsats built to study deep space

Post author By Randall
Post date August 18, 2019
Categories In astronomy, coronagraph, deep space, gear, imap, interstellar mapping and acceleration probe, Nasa, satellite, Science, science-enabling technologies for heliophysics, seth, small satellites, smallsat, solar cruiser, Space, Tech

[ad_1] The two proposals are being funded in $400,000, nine-month concept studies. Whichever proposal wins the day will launch as one of the payloads aboard the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) in October 2024. That might not sound like a lot of money even at such an early stage, but that’s part of the […]

SpaceX ‘rideshare’ program launches satellites for just $2.5 million

Post author By Randall
Post date August 5, 2019
Categories In business, falcon 9, falcon9, gear, launch, mission, ridesharing, rocket, satellite, small satellites, smallsat, Space, Spacex, Startups, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] SpaceX is expanding its launch services to directly address the needs of small satellite operators through regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions https://t.co/jqQxEdt4xp pic.twitter.com/3gzOPxdVkW — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 5, 2019 Rides scheduled more than a year before launch will start at $2.5 million for payloads of up to 150 kg (330 lbs) and […]

Virgin Orbit will launch small satellites for the UK military

Post author By Randall
Post date July 19, 2019
Categories In government contracts, launch, military, raf, small satellites, Space, Tech, tomorrow, Virgin Galactic, virgin orbit

[ad_1] The unique feature of the Virgin Orbit program is how quickly a launch can be arranged. Typically, a launch takes years of planning and can only take place from certain sites which access particular orbits. This means that access to a given orbit can never be guaranteed on short notice. However, Virgin believes it […]