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The report criticized the inclusion of Firefly Aerospace in the CLPS program, which was created after Noosphere Ventures acquired the assets of bankrupt Firefly Space Systems.
Benchmark Space Systems partnered with Spaceflight, Inc. on development of the non-toxic Orbit Transfer Vehicle engine adaptation to offer non-toxic chemical propulsion solutions to commercial and government customers.
Planet had 26 SuperDove cubesats on Vega, including 14 that used QuadPack deployers from Innovative Solutions in Space arranged by Spaceflight and 12 aboard D-Orbit’s inaugural ION Satellite Carrier.
Made In Space Europe and Momentus entered a memorandum of understanding on 2020-09-01 to jointly develop a robotic spaceflight mission planned to launch in 2022.
Sherpa-FX builds off lessons Spaceflight learned in 2018 with its SSO-A launch that deployed 64 smallsats on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Spaceflight is preparing to launch a series of progressively upgraded Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles that will act as smallsat deployers, space tugs, and platforms for hosted payloads.
Spaceflight plans to introduce a hybrid propulsion Sherpa in 2021 equipped with a chemical propulsion system for quick maneuvers and an electric propulsion system for fuel-efficient tasks.
Spaceflight Inc. won a contract to launch a Brazilian satellite on India’s PSLV at the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021.
NASA awarded VCLS contracts in 2015 to Firefly Space, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Galactic for one launch from each company.
Firefly Space lost its VCLS award in 2016 when it filed for bankruptcy and reemerged in 2017 as Firefly Aerospace.
Benchmark Space Systems signed an exclusive services agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to provide non-toxic chemical propulsion solutions for Spaceflight’s next-generation Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles.
Spaceflight executed nine missions in 2019, sending more than 50 payloads to space that year.
Spaceflight’s first Sherpa-NG family vehicle, Sherpa FX, will carry 16 customer spacecraft and several hosted payloads aboard a Falcon 9 no earlier than December 2020.
Benchmark Space Systems agreed on 2020-08-05 to provide non-toxic chemical propulsion for Spaceflight Inc.’s next-generation orbital transfer vehicle Sherpa-NG.
On 2020-06-22 Virgin Galactic announced it would start offering orbital spaceflight experiences and would work with NASA through a Space Act Agreement.
The 2020-06-16 technology safeguards agreement requires approval by the U.K. Parliament and is expected to be considered after release of the U.K. spaceflight regulations.
The U.K. spaceflight regulations build upon the Space Industry Act of 2018, which established the legal framework for commercial launch activity in the country.
Greg Autry established the Southern California Commercial Spaceflight Initiative at USC to support research on the commercial space industry with a particular focus on companies in the region.
Orbite Corp. announced plans on 2020-07-14 to establish a Spaceflight Gateway and Astronaut Training Complex offering luxury accommodations, dining, and recreation for commercial astronauts, their friends, and families.
Jason Andrews previously founded Andrews Space, Spaceflight, and BlackSky and merged those companies under Spaceflight in 2015.