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PLD Space Extends Series C to €288 Million Ahead of Miura 5 Debut

Spain’s PLD Space has raised an additional €108 million in a Series C extension, bringing the round’s total to €288 million. The launch company is using the fresh capital as it prepares for the debut flight of its Miura 5 rocket and continues scaling its space-transportation business.

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PLD Space Extends Series C to €288 Million Ahead of Miura 5 Debut

Spain’s PLD Space has raised an additional €108 million in a Series C extension, bringing the round’s total to €288 million. The launch company is using the fresh capital as it prepares for the debut flight of its Miura 5 rocket and continues scaling its space-transportation business.

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Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 reaches orbit on debut launch, setting up reusable-rocket ambitions

Chinese commercial launch company Galactic Energy successfully sent its first Pallas-1 rocket to orbit late Monday. Future missions are expected to attempt first-stage recovery, marking the company’s move toward reusable launch operations as China’s commercial space sector expands its launch capabilities.

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International launch slate spans Isar’s Spectrum, ISRO Earth-observation mission and SpaceX Starlink

Six missions are scheduled across launch sites in Norway, India, New Zealand and the United States from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. Isar Aerospace is targeting the second flight of its Spectrum rocket, while ISRO pursues an Earth-observation launch and SpaceX continues Starlink missions from Vandenberg.

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NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on three-month journey to L2

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has left Earth aboard its mission to study dark energy and the evolving universe. The 300-megapixel observatory will spend roughly three months traveling to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, about one million miles away, before beginning its science mission.

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SLS production accelerates as Artemis III hardware advances and four vehicles enter production

NASA and its contractors are increasing activity ahead of next year’s Artemis III mission, with continued Solid Rocket Booster stacking and RS-25 engine installation on the SLS Core Stage 3. The agency says four SLS vehicles are now in production, signaling a broader production ramp-up for Artemis missions.

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NASA launches $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to study dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched Sunday on its mission to Lagrange Point 2, beginning a commissioning period months ahead of schedule. The Hubble-class observatory will deliver wide-field, high-resolution views to investigate dark energy and dark matter while searching for Earthlike planets around other stars.

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