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Spaceflight plans to support up to 10 launches in 2023 using its global network of launch vehicle providers.
A model of the Chinese lunar lander was unveiled 2023-02-24 at an exhibition marking three decades of China’s human spaceflight program at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
The Spaceport Company’s sea-based platforms are intended to host small launch vehicles in size up to Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha, which can place about one ton into orbit.
Millennium and Firefly Space Transport Services won contracts from U.S. Space Systems Command in 2022 to perform a Tactically Responsive Space mission.
Firefly Aerospace’s expendable Alpha small launcher made its first launch attempt in September 2021 but did not reach orbit due to a first-stage engine failure during ascent.
Firefly Aerospace’s second Alpha test flight in October 2022 successfully reached orbit but deployed satellites into lower orbits than originally planned.
Firefly Aerospace won a $17,600,000 contract in September to launch a Millennium Space small satellite to low Earth orbit as part of the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space program.
In 2022, Spaceflight completed nine missions on five different launch vehicles.
In 2022, Spaceflight completed the successful debut launches of its OTV for hosted payloads, Sherpa-AC, and Sherpa-LTC.
India’s astronaut training in Russia was part of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program that includes development by ISRO of a crewed spacecraft to launch on a version of the GSLV 2023-03-03 rocket.
Tiphaine Louradour succeeds Curt Blake as chief executive of Spaceflight Inc.
Spaceflight Inc. has hired Tiphaine Louradour as its new chief executive.
Spaceflight is developing a new version called Sherpa-ES with more powerful chemical propulsion for transport throughout cislunar space.
Spaceflight executed the launch of five next-generation Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles that carried more than 50 customer payloads, including cubesats, microsats, and hosted payloads, to their desired orbits.
Tiphaine Louradour stated that Spaceflight remains fully compliant with all U.S. laws and regulations regarding import and export.
Under the agreement, Spaceflight secured one dedicated launch in 2026 to a sun-synchronous orbit from Andya, Norway.
Spaceflight's Sherpa line of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) is part of the company's offerings.
Mitsui and Co. acquired Spaceflight Inc. in 2020 with Yamasa Co.
Curt Blake had been president and chief executive of Spaceflight since 2013.
Tiphaine Louradour will lead Spaceflight to expand its business providing rideshare launch services for smallsats.