Trans-lunar injection

Sidus Space Partners with Lulav Space to Offer Solution for Guidance Navigation and Control on Lunar Missions

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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"Lulav’s engineers played an integral role in the Beresheet 1 mission, the first private Lunar lander mission, launched in 2019.

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  • "Lulav’s engineers played an integral role in the Beresheet 1 mission, the first private Lunar lander mission, launched in 2019.
  • We look forward to capitalizing on this agreement to bring their next-generation GN&C solutions to the US market," said Carol Craig, Sidus Space Founder and CEO.
  • “Our highly validated, robust lunar GN&C suite, which our team gained from the first private lunar flight in 2019, the Beresheet 1, represents a game changer for all lunar missions,” said Noam Leiter, CEO at Lulav Space.
  • Additionally, Sidus plans to provide lunar communications capability using our LizzieSat satellite bus and lunar mission operations as a service in the future.

Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Factory Partner to Fly Sherpa OTVs on Future RFA Launches from Europe

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220919005160/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220919005160/en/
    Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Factory Partner to Fly Sherpa OTVs on Future RFA Launches from Europe (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The demand for access to cost-effective, last-mile delivery launches is growing rapidly from customers with payloads of all sizes and types, said Curt Blake, CEO and president of Spaceflight.
  • RFA brings increased price competitiveness and launch frequency from many different launch locations throughout Europe.
  • RFA has already signed launch contracts with the German government and about a dozen customers for launches starting in 2023.
  • Spaceflight pioneered and truly defined the rideshare market and were very excited to partner with them on future launches, commented Jrn Spurmann, chief commercial officer of RFA.

Spaceflight Inc. and SAB Partner to Fly Sherpa OTVs on Arianespace Vega Missions

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Monday, August 8, 2022
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(SAB LS) to fly its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) on Arianespace Vega missions.

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  • (SAB LS) to fly its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) on Arianespace Vega missions.
  • The agreement extends Spaceflight launch capacity on European missions managed by Arianespace for Spaceflights OTV-based services on launches starting as soon as next year.
  • Were excited to build on our already strong relationship with SAB and expand the Spaceflight portfolio of launch partners to include Vega for our family of Sherpa vehicles.
  • Italy-based SAB is part of SAB Group and provides launch services on European launchers, including Vega and Vega C multi-payload missions.

CAPSTONE Satellite, Designed and Built by Terran Orbital, Successfully Deploys from Rocket Lab Lunar Photon into Lunar Transfer Orbit

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
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Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP ), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, today announced the successful deployment of the CAPSTONE spacecraft from a Rocket Lab Lunar Photon into a Lunar Transfer Orbit.

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  • Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP ), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, today announced the successful deployment of the CAPSTONE spacecraft from a Rocket Lab Lunar Photon into a Lunar Transfer Orbit.
  • CAPSTONE is the first satellite to demonstrate operations of a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) around the Moon.
  • CAPSTONEs deployment follows six days of orbit-raising burns around Earth aboard Rocket Labs Lunar Photon spacecraft bus, since launching on an Electron launch vehicle from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mhia, New Zealand.
  • For real-time updates on the CAPSTONE mission, follow Terran Orbital, NASA, Rocket Lab, and Advanced Space on Twitter.

STOKE Space Raises $65M Series A to Make Space Access Sustainable and Scalable

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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Existing investors NFX, MaC Ventures, Alexis Ohanians Seven Seven Six, Joe Montanas Liquid2, and others also participated.

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  • Existing investors NFX, MaC Ventures, Alexis Ohanians Seven Seven Six, Joe Montanas Liquid2, and others also participated.
  • STOKE raised a $9.1 million Series Seed one year ago, and the new round is among the largest pure Series A investments ever for a space company.
  • STOKE is developing a fully and rapidly reusable space launch vehicle that will provide low-cost, on-demand access to and from any location in orbit.
  • STOKE develops 100% reusable rockets to provide the satellite industry with low-cost, on-demand access to and from any orbit.

Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission From New Zealand

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Friday, August 6, 2021
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Rocket Lab, the leading launch and space systems company, today announced it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from Q4 2021.

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  • Rocket Lab, the leading launch and space systems company, today announced it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from Q4 2021.
  • It will be Rocket Labs first launch to the Moon.
  • Originally slated for lift-off from Rocket Labs Launch Complex 2 in Virginia, the CAPSTONE mission will now take place from Launch Complex 1 to support a Q4 launch window.
  • Advanced Exploration Systems within NASAs Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate supports the launch and mission operations.