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SpaceX gets $1.6 billion US Space Force order for 18 Falcon 9 launches

SpaceX secured $1.6 billion in U.S. Space Force launch contracts for Pentagon satellites. These missions will utilize eighteen Falcon 9 launches through the year 2027. The Space Force aims to accelerate its acquisition of rocket launches from private companies. Rivals United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin face ongoing technical challenges…

The Economic Times

Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission

NASA's SunRISE mission has been assigned a new launch vehicle: It will now be delivered to orbit by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rather than a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur.

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Amazon now has enough satellites to launch competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink

Amazon Leo now has more than 390 satellites in orbit, though it is still a tiny fraction of SpaceX’s 10,000-strong Starlink constellation

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Amazon to start initial Leo internet service this year as network nears 400 satellites

Amazon's latest batch of 29 satellites lifted off from Florida early on Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance, marking the ‌company's 14th launch ⁠of dozens more ⁠planned to deploy more than 3,200 satellites that will provide global internet coverage from space.

The Economic Times

Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 more Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida early Thursday morning (July 2).

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Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit on Friday night (May 28).

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Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon internet satellites, ties record for heaviest payload it's ever flown (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 more of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit on Monday night (April 27).

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Atlas V rocket launches its heaviest-ever payload, sending 29 Amazon internet satellites to orbit

An Atlas V launched 29 of Amazon's internet satellites — collectively the heaviest load the rocket has ever lofted — on Saturday morning (April 4).

Space

US Space Force pauses national security launches on ULA Vulcan rocket due to booster glitch

The U.S. Space Force is putting an indefinite halt on all national security missions aboard United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur, following a repeat anomaly with the rocket's side boosters.

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The New Space Race: 7 Companies Battling Musk — and How To Invest In Them

SpaceX is a dominant player in the sector, but rivals are rising. Here are seven SpaceX competitors and ways investors can gain space economy exposure.

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Former United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno joins competitor Blue Origin for national security projects

Tory Bruno, the longtime chief of the launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined the competition at Blue Origin.

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Longtime United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno resigns from space company. 'Finished the mission I came to do.'

After nearly 12 years leading the United Launch Alliance (ULA), its chief Tory Bruno is stepping down from the U.S. rocket launch provider to pursue "another opportunity," the company announced this week.

Space

Atlas V rocket launches 27 of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit (video)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket sent 27 Amazon Leo internet satellites to low Earth orbit from Florida early Tuesday morning (Dec. 16).

Space

Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket launched for the second time ever today (Nov. 13), sending NASA's twin Mars ESCAPADE probes aloft —and acing an epic booster landing at sea.

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Atlas V rocket launches huge communications satellite to orbit (video)

A United Launch Alliance Altas V rocket launched the powerful and hefty ViaSat-3 F2 satellite on Thursday night (Nov. 13).

Benzinga

Elon Musk's SpaceX Beats Jeff Bezos In Space Race, Secures $714 Million Pentagon Contract: Report

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has reportedly been awarded five out of seven crucial military missions by the U.S. Space Force, leaving behind Jeff Bezos‘ Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA).

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NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep space

NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles farther into space cheaply and efficiently.

Benzinga

Vulcan Rocket Brings New Era Of Space For United Launch Alliance: Will Boeing, Lockheed Martin Benefit?

A Vulcan Rocket from United Launch Alliance successfully lifted off Tuesday night as part of a mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command.

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Vulcan Centaur rocket launches experimental military satellite on its 1st-ever US Space Force mission (video)

United Launch Alliance lofted an experimental navigation satellite on the first national security mission of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Tuesday night (Aug. 12).

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Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch 1st national security mission on Aug. 12

United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch its first-ever national security mission on Aug. 12, if all goes according to plan.

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Atlas V rocket launches 2nd batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation (video)

A powerful Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida's Space Coast today (June 23), carrying 27 satellites aloft for Amazons' new Project Kuiper broadband network.

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Watch ULA launch Amazon's 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites today

Amazon's Kuiper 2 mission is set to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket today (June 16), and you can watch the launch live online.

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Launch of Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites scrubbed due to rocket issue

The planned June 16 launch of the second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites was scrubbed due to an issue with a ULA Atlas V rocket.

Space

New record! 6 rockets launch in less than 24 hours

Six different rockets launched toward orbit during an approximately 17.5-hour stretch, topping by two the previous record for most liftoffs in a 24-hour span.

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Amazon launches first batch of internet satellites in race to rival Musk's SpaceX

Monday's launch, which carried around 27 satellites from an Atlas V rocket, follows two experimental satellites launched in 2023 as part of Amazon's 'Project Kuiper' internet satellites.

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