SpaceX changes pricing model, launch updates, and new contracts
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Precious Payload’s Weekly Smallsat News: October 10-17, 2022
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Launch Updates
You can now book a 50kg ????SpaceX rideshare slot for $275K, with extra kilos at $5.5K. [SpaceX] [Opinion]
????Virgin Orbit is ready to perform the first ????UK orbital launch on October 29, with seven payloads onboard its LauncherOne rocket. [BBC]?
????JAXA’s Epsilon rocket fails to reach orbit on liftoff from ????Uchinoura Space Center, resulting in the loss of all eight smallsats on board (including the RAISE-3 technology demonstration smallsat), due to malfunction after its second stage shut down. Other payloads:?
‘To The Black’ mission payloads were placed in a lower orbit than planned and reentered within several days. The ????FireFly’s launch carried these payloads:?
????Skyrora’s first launch attempt of its suborbital Skylark L rocket from ????Iceland fails. Their first-ever vertical orbital launch is scheduled for 2023 from the ????United Kingdom. [Space.com]
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????Amazon will launch its first two satellite prototypes for Project Kuiper next year aboard a Vulcan rocket by ????United Launch Alliance. ABL was originally booked to deploy Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 on its new RS1 rocket. [WashingtonPost]
Headlines
????Arianespace and ????SAB signed a multi-year framework agreement for the use of end-to-end services for nanosatellites that is scheduled for launch with Arianespace missions. [SpacewatchGlobal]
????Spire Global signed a multi-launch agreement with ????Virgin Orbit that will allow for Spire to utilize LauncherOne’s launch capabilities starting in 2023, as well as its space service businesses. [SatNews] [ParabolicArc]
The propulsion system developed by ????PEAK Technology and ????Valiant Space is? selected by ????Space Machines Company for a rideshare mission onboard the ????SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2023. [LinkedIn-PEAK Technology]
????Pangea Aerospace completes its Preliminary Design Review of both the oxidizer and fuel turbopump systems of its aerospike engine ‘ARCOS’. [LinkedIn-Pangea Aerospace]
Funding
????KSAT and ????SpaceLink get contracted by ????NASA in a deal worth $162,000 and $190,000, respectively, to perform research on direct-to-Earth and lunar space relay communications. [SpaceNews]
????ExoTrail won two contracts (total amount TBA) from ????CNES’s France 2030 investment plan (allocated funds are $969M) for ExoTrail to demonstrate the following in 2024 and 2025, respectively:?
Companies and organizations highlighted in this market update: SpaceX, Virgin Orbit, In-Space Missions Limited, Satellite Applications Catapult, In-Space Missions Limited, Open Cosmos, RHEA Group, Space Forge, SatRev, TUATARA, JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Paleblue, Axelspace Corporation, Teachers in Space, Inc., AMSAT, Libre Space Foundation, FOSSA Systems, Skyrora Ltd, United Launch Alliance (ULA), ARIANESPACE, PEAK Technology, Valiant Space, Pangea Aerospace, KSAT – Kongsberg Satellite Services, SpaceLink, Exotrail