Sierra Space is a commercial space company focused on building an end-to-end business and technology platform in space. It is developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane for cargo transport to low Earth orbit and is also working with Blue Origin on the Orbital Reef commercial space station, contributing its LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) habitat modules. Sierra Space partners with organizations like NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and commercial entities for space transportation, destination, and application-related activities. Associated keywords include space transportation, commercial space stations, space technology, Dream Chaser, and LIFE habitat.
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Sierra Space delayed the inaugural cargo flight of its Dream Chaser spaceplane to no earlier than May 2025.
Sierra Space plans to develop a free-flying, cargo-satellite version of Shooting Star to house payloads in orbit.
Originally, Cert-2 was planned to launch Sierra Space's Dream Chaser uncrewed spaceplane, but it was removed from the schedule when it wasn't ready for a fall launch.
The Sierra Space Dream Chaser spaceplane is equipped with dual-mode HTP thrusters for maneuvering.
Sierra Space completed acoustics tests of Shooting Star on 2024-09-04.
ULA announced it would fly an inert payload on its second Vulcan launch in September due to delays in testing for Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser.
ULA plans to fly a mass simulator on its next Vulcan launch in September 2023 instead of the previously planned Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane.
Sierra Space proposed a system to generate oxygen from lunar regolith.
United Launch Alliance plans to be ready to fly in mid-2024 while Sierra Space has requested a launch period in the beginning of September.
Sierra Space is building a second Dream Chaser vehicle named Reverence to be used with Tenacity on contracted missions and potential other applications.
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser is planning to launch later this year to transport cargo for NASA to the International Space Station.
Sierra Space introduced the LIFE 500 earlier 2024, providing 500 cubic meters of volume in a single launch inside a five-meter rocket fairing.
Sierra Space is continuing the LIFE 10 development and testing campaign with two additional tests planned for 2024.
Sierra Space is co-developing the Orbital Reef space platform with Blue Origin and is maturing its LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) product line as part of that effort.
Sierra Space is designing its own satellite buses while using components from Blue Canyon Technologies, a Raytheon subsidiary.
Sierra Space won a Tranche 2 contract from the Space Development Agency to produce 18 satellites.
In January, the U.S. Space Development Agency awarded contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space to produce 18 Tracking Layer Tranche 2 satellites apiece equipped with infrared sensors to track hypersonic missiles in flight.
Citigroup advised Sierra Space on a $290,000,000 Series B funding round last year to accelerate work on the Dream Chaser vehicle and commercial space stations.
One Sierra Space Ghost test article deployed a parachute from 4,0 m to demonstrate controlled descent and precise landing proximity.
The Sierra Space Ghost parafoil is designed to steer the payload to the required area within 100 m.