Spaceflight Readies Next of Four Dedicated Electron Launches for BlackSky
Global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. recently secured four dedicated Rocket Lab launches on behalf of its customer, BlackSky, a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services. Spaceflight will provide the integration and launch services for eight BlackSky smallsats across four dedicated Electron missions throughout 2021. The agreement also includes options for an additional two dedicated missions on Electron in Q4 2021.
The first of these four dedicated missions is scheduled to launch in May 2021 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The mission, called “Running Out of Toes” by Rocket Lab and “RL-7” by Spaceflight to signify its seventh mission with Rocket Lab, will carry two 55-kilogram class BlackSky smallsats to low Earth orbit. The following three dedicated launches
ISRO Gears Up To Launch Mini Rocket On Maiden Orbital Flight
Multiple sources in ISRO said on Thursday SSLV-D1 is targeted to be launched towards the end of March or early April. Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-25T16:18:30+05:30 ISRO Gears Up To Launch Mini Rocket On Maiden Orbital Flight outlookindia.com 2021-02-25T16:21:57+05:30
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On its maiden orbital test flight, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to launch a new-generation compact rocket, the space agency said.
It had taken up the development of the mini rocket – Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to cater to emerging global small satellite launch service market.
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S. Prestley Blake, who brought Fribbles along with friendly, affordable dining to New England, dies at 106
By Joseph P. Kahn Globe Correspondent,Updated February 12, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
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Mr. Blake (right) with his brother Curtis at the Friendly s company conference center in West Springfield in 2001.NANCY PALMIERI
At the dawn of this century, S. Prestley Blake was in his mid-80s and comfortably retired. A cofounder of the Friendly Ice Cream restaurant chain, he was a multimillionaire, avid yachtsman, world traveler, and deep-pocketed philanthropist. On his retirement to-do list: building a $7.5 million replica of Thomas Jeffersonâs Monticello, on property near his Connecticut estate.