Rocket Lab builds new engine test facility to accelerate launch operations
(SpaceEnergy) Rocket Lab is constructing a new rocket-engine test facility designed to reduce integrated static-fire testing for its Electron and HASTE launch
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Space Epoch completes Yuanxingzhe-1 engine gimbal hot-fire tests
(SpaceEnergy) Chinese rocket developer Space Epoch has completed integrated engine and thrust-vector-control hot-fire tests for both stages of its Yuanxingzhe-1
Fergani launches highest-power satellite with Turkish solar arrays
(SpaceEnergy) Türkiye's Fergani Space has placed its highest-power satellite to date into orbit, carrying domestically developed steerable solar panels and a
ClearSpace and Eutelsat sign agreement on satellite propulsion services
(SpaceEnergy) ClearSpace and Eutelsat have signed a term sheet to advance satellite life-extension services using a servicing spacecraft designed to provide propulsion and
JAXA completes MMX solar-array deployment and initial commissioning
(SpaceEnergy) Japan's JAXA has completed initial critical operations on its Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, confirming solar-array deployment and spacecraft stabilisation, while
Astrotech submits 6kW lunar power infrastructure proposal to NASA
(SpaceEnergy) Astrotech has submitted a NASA proposal with Skycorp for a lunar electricity distribution system designed to transfer 6kW over 100m, with bidirectional power
Portal confirms Starburst-1 solar array deployment and positive power
(SpaceEnergy) Portal Space Systems has confirmed successful solar-array deployment and positive spacecraft power status aboard Starburst-1, completing initial orbital commissioning milestones following
NASA completes 500-second RS-25 engine test for Artemis missions
(SpaceEnergy) NASA has completed a 500-second RS-25 rocket engine firing at up to 111% rated power, testing flight components and a new
Firefly completes MoonFall spacecraft propulsion design review
(SpaceEnergy) Firefly Aerospace has completed the preliminary design review of its Elytra spacecraft for NASA's MoonFall mission, clearing a development milestone covering
SpaceNukes wins DARPA agreement for autonomous reactor ground test
(SpaceEnergy) Space Nuclear Power Corporation has secured a DARPA agreement to develop and ground-test autonomous control technology for a Kilopower fission reactor, extending
AnySignal to equip three Reflect Orbital sunlight missions
(SpaceEnergy) AnySignal has announced an agreement to supply spacecraft radios and ground-network software for three Reflect Orbital satellite missions intended to redirect sunlight
FOSSA launches satellite carrying Spanish electric propulsion system
(SpaceEnergy) Spanish satellite developer FOSSA has launched its first spacecraft carrying an IENAI Space electric propulsion system aboard SpaceX's Bandwagon-5 mission,