On-Orbit Operations News
Latest On-Orbit Operations news and analysis — 14 articles tagged On-Orbit Operations on The Robotics Media.
- SpaceX Launches Northrop's Robotic Servicing Vehicle On Decade-Long Mission — — A SpaceX Falcon 9 lofted Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods on July 21, kicking off a decade-long DARPA-backe...
- Rocket Lab Set to Launch NASA and Eta Space's LOXSAT Cryogenic Depot Demo — — Rocket Lab is targeting July 17 to launch LOXSAT, an on-orbit cryogenic fluid management demo built by Eta Space for NASA that will validate the plumb...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster B1067 Flies Record 36th Time on Starlink 10-42 — — SpaceX flew Falcon 9 booster B1067 for a company-record 36th time, deploying 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral and closing on the space shutt...
- Orbital Files for 100,000 AI Data Center Satellites in Orbit — — Five-month-old LA startup Orbital has asked the FCC to deploy up to 100,000 solar-powered data center satellites delivering 10 gigawatts of AI compute...
- GITAI Completes S3 Robotic Satellite for On-Orbit Servicing Demo — — GITAI has finished the flight model of its S3 robotic satellite, a technology demonstration mission to validate autonomous on-orbit servicing for futu...
- Starfish Space Raises $100M Series B for Otter Satellite Servicing — — Seattle-area Starfish Space has closed a Series B of more than $100 million led by Point72 Ventures to scale its Otter satellite servicing vehicle for...
- Rocket Lab Sets Responsive-Space Record on VICTUS HAZE Launch — — Rocket Lab launched the U.S. Space Force VICTUS HAZE mission 16 hours and 42 minutes after notice, deploying its own Pioneer spacecraft and shattering...
- Look Up Taps Skynopy for Automated Orbital Collision Avoidance — — Look Up has selected Skynopy to provide the ground-segment interface for ATLAS², advancing a system that lets satellites respond automatically to coll...
- ULA Atlas V Launches 29 Amazon Leo Internet Satellites — — United Launch Alliance lofted 29 more Amazon Leo broadband satellites on an Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral, tying the rocket's heaviest-payload recor...
- Rocket Lab Completes Motiv Buyout, Adds Mars Robotics — — Rocket Lab has closed its acquisition of Motiv Space Systems, rebranded as Rocket Lab Robotics, adding Mars-proven robotic arms and precision spacecra...
- DARPA Readies RSGS Robotic Satellite Servicing Mission for 2026 — — DARPA and partners including Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics are preparing a summer 2026 launch of the RSGS Mission Robotic Vehicle to demonstrate r...
- Shenzhou-23 Sends First Hong Kong Astronaut to Tiangong — — China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship from Jiuquan on May 24, sending three astronauts — including the first ever from Hong Kong — to the Ti...
- Rocket Lab Launches 9th Synspective Strix Radar Satellite — — Rocket Lab's Electron rocket launched the 'Viva La Strix' mission from New Zealand, deploying another Strix synthetic aperture radar satellite for Jap...
- Chinese Startup Tests Flexible Robotic Arm in Space for Orbital Servicing — — Chinese space startup successfully demonstrates flexible robotic arm technology in orbit for on-orbit satellite servicing missions.