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GK Launch Services

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The seven other Soyuz-2 launches where GK Launch Services is offering secondary payload space are all to sun-synchronous orbits launching from either Vostochny or the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2020GK Launch Services offering lunar smallsat rideshare opportunity

The Luna-Glob launch is one of eight Soyuz-2 missions, commercial and Russian government, where GK Launch Services is offering space for secondary payloads through early 2024.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2020GK Launch Services offering lunar smallsat rideshare opportunity

GK Launch Services is offering capacity for smallsat secondary payloads on a Soyuz-2 launch of the Luna-Glob lander scheduled for October 2021 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2020GK Launch Services offering lunar smallsat rideshare opportunity

GK Launch Services does not plan to recover and reuse Soyuz-5 components to reduce launch costs.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2019Soyuz-5 rocket to enter service in mid-2020s

Astroscale’s End-of-Life Service by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a GK Launch Services Soyuz 2 mission.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris

Kepler has procured spacecraft platforms for the two satellites it will launch with GK Launch Services but declined to name the provider or providers.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2019Kepler books Soyuz for first two service-grade satellites

Kepler has two more launches planned in 2020 in addition to the GK Launch Services Soyuz mission.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative GeneralOct 7, 2019Kepler books Soyuz for first two service-grade satellites

Kepler Communications signed a launch agreement with Innovative Space Logistics B.V. (ISL) and GK Launch Services to deploy two satellites into sun-synchronous orbit in Q2–2020-07-01.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2019Kepler Communications to launch satellites with ISL and GK Launch Services on a Soyuz mid-next year

The two satellites Kepler will launch with GK Launch Services have a matured design with upgraded components including a more powerful software-defined radio.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2019Kepler books Soyuz for first two service-grade satellites

GK Launch Services will use Soyuz-2 family launch vehicles to launch Kepler’s next-generation satellites.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative PlanOct 7, 2019Kepler Communications to launch satellites with ISL and GK Launch Services on a Soyuz mid-next year

Kepler will launch two six-unit cubesats on a Russian Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services in mid-2020.

Mentioned as: gk launch servicesNarrative GrowthOct 7, 2019Kepler books Soyuz for first two service-grade satellites

GK Launch Services is an operator of commercial launches established by the decision of Roscosmos and is authorized to conclude commercial contracts for launches using Soyuz-2 family launch vehicles from Russian spaceports.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2019Kepler Communications to launch satellites with ISL and GK Launch Services on a Soyuz mid-next year

GK Launch Services and Innovative Space Logistics have a partnership to launch CubeSats on GK’s first commercial sun-synchronous orbit mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome planned for 2020-04-01.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 16, 2019GK and ISL team up for CubeSat launches

GK Launch Services is authorized to conclude and implement contracts for launch services using Soyuz-2 family launch vehicles from Russian spaceports.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2019GK and ISL team up for CubeSat launches

GK Launch Services is working with Roscosmos to develop a Soyuz 2M variant based on the Soyuz-2.1b without the Fregat upper stage.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2019Smallsat launch services feel pricing pressure

GK Launch Services is a Roscosmos subsidiary created to sell and operate commercial launches of Soyuz-2 rockets from Vostochny and other Russian launch sites.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesTechnical ProductJan 30, 2019The long road to Vostochny: Inside Russia’s newest launch facility

ISL has capacity on Soyuz launches planned through 2021 and will continue cooperation with GK Launch Services.

Mentioned as: gk launch servicesTechnical ProductDec 27, 2018Successful ISILaunch24 campaign – 14 satellites sent to space

GK Launch Services was responsible for most of the technical work involved in launching all 26 satellite clusters on the 2018-12-27 mission.

Mentioned as: gk launch servicesTechnical ProductDec 27, 2018Russia inaugurates Vostochny Cosmodrome with semi-commercial Soyuz launch

Astroscale Japan Inc. contracted Glavkosmos/GK Launch Services to launch the ELSA-d mission on a Soyuz-2 cluster mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome in early 2020.

Mentioned as: GK Launch ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2018Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission Has Contracted with Glavkosmos/GK Launch Services
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