Our next launch is coming up soon! Our team and customer payloads have arrived in New Zealand for Rocket Lab’s “The Beat Goes On” mission. On board RL-12 (our name for the mission, marking our 12th launch with Rocket Lab) are the next two BlackSky Global microsats in their growing constellation. Manufactured by LeoStella and … Continued

Transporter 6 is coming up this month! With this one being arranged through our partners at ISISpace Group, we’re taking another batch of Kleos’ satellites to SSO. We’re pleased to have launched all of their satellites to date, and this launch will add four more smallsats to their constellation.  Because of our years working together … Continued

Our team hit the ground running for a whirlwind integration campaign for our next launch of the PSLV. It’s a pleasure to have the COVID pandemic restrictions in the rearview mirror, allowing our team to have a fast, efficient campaign. As we discussed in a previous blog post, this was a pretty routine one for … Continued

It’s no secret we’re big fans of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs). They are the workhorses that are taking smallsats to precise orbital destinations and are building the growing infrastructure of space. We think they are going to play an even bigger role in the developing space economy.  We’re happy to share a recent BryceTech report that … Continued

Our team is just arriving in India for our next launch! We’re happy that the cadence of PSLV launches has resumed after some lighter-than-normal pandemic years. The PSLV is a terrific launch vehicle (LV) for many of our customers, and we’ve taken many payloads to orbit on it.  In fact, because it has been such … Continued

We’re taking fish to the International Space Station (ISS). Well, SpaceTuna1 to be more precise.  SpaceTuna1 is a 1U CubeSat developed by Japan’s Kindai University students to run an experiment to investigate the performance of retroreflective materials in space by using the satellite. Founded in 1925, Kindai University is one of Japan’s largest universities with … Continued

Our new place is now official! We were so thrilled to show off our new place at our recent open house. It was also a celebration of getting our team together under one roof. The logistics of moving our integration facility and equipment (including one ginormous crane for spacecraft) into a space with offices on … Continued

We’re writing from our new digs! Spaceflight has moved to a new location that accommodates both our business offices and our integration facilities, and more than DOUBLES our footprint.  It was a long search for a place that could offer both needs. (Prior to this, we had our integration facility in Auburn, WA which is … Continued

We are coming up on our 50th launch! It is hard to believe that we’ve launched nearly 450 spacecraft on 50 missions in our 10+ year history. We’re proud to have the most experience orchestrating launches and in-space transportation in the business, from our first launch on a Soyuz, to our next mission on an Electron … Continued